Format:
Online-Ressource (553 pages)
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maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0521817358
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9780521102186
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9780521817356
Content:
Discusses and examines the possible causes of World War I
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-531) and index
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Reprinted 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
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Cover; The Origins of World War I; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Maps; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 World Wars: Definition and Causes; The Road to 1914; The Men of 1914; The ""Big"" Causes; A Summary; 2 The European Wars: 1815-1914; The Contenders and the Operating Principles; European Wars, 1815-1914: An Overview; The First Period: 1815-1848; The Second Period: 1848-1871; The Third Period: 1871-1914; 3 Serbia; 4 Austria-Hungary; 5 Germany; The Great Gambit; The Cast of 1914; Unspoken Assumptions; Public Assumptions; The Essence of Decision Making
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In Retrospect6 Russia; Government and War Powers in Nicholas's Russia; Consequences of the Russo-Japanese War; Military Reformation and the Great Program; The July Crisis; Conclusion; 7 France; Introduction; Internal Politics and Policy Makers; The Russian and British Connections; The French Army; Conclusion; 8 Great Britain; Developments Prior to 1914; The British Constitution: The Power to Make War; The July Crisis; Assessment; 9 Japan; World War I and Japan; World War I as Opportunity; Japan Joins the War; One Man's Decision for War; War and the Domestic Contest to Redefine the Nation
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War as a Bid for British ParliamentarismWar as Defense of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance; War as Battle against Budding Pan-Asianism in Japan; War as Defense against a Japanese-German Alliance?; War and the Attempt to Control Imperial Army Power; War and the Imperial Japanese Navy; War and the Seiyūkai; War and the Japanese Media; Conclusion: Old and New Imperialism in Japan; 10 The Ottoman Empire; Antecedents; The July Crisis; Conclusion; 11 Italy; Antecedents; The Decision Makers; The July Crisis: The Neutrality Decision; The intervento; Conclusion; 12 Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece; Bulgaria
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RomaniaGreece; Conclusions; 13 The United States; Historical Background and Interpretations; Great Forces at Work?; Individual Actors Abroad; Individual Actors at Home; Woodrow Wilson's Neutrality; The Decision to Intervene; 14 Why Did It Happen?; The Major Powers; The Lesser Powers; On the Causes; On the Argument of the Alliances; 15 On the Origins of the Catastrophe; Theoretical Options; Institutional Developments: Change and Continuity; Dynastic Elites; Party Elites; Business Elites: The Bourgeoisie; Other Elites; The Absent Bourgeoisie; Appendix A Chronology, 1914; August; November
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Appendix B Dramatis PersonaeAustria-Hungary; Bulgaria; France; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Italy; Japan; Ottoman Empire; Romania; Russia; Serbia; United States of America; Appendix C Suggested Readings; Anthologies, Readers; Austria-Hungary; Balkans; France; Germany; Great Britain; Italy; Japan; Ottoman Empire; Russia; United States; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107387423
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521817356
Additional Edition:
Print version Origins of World War I
Language:
English
Keywords:
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