Europe's last summer who started the Great War in 1914?
Draws on current scholarship to argue that hostilities that led to World War I were started intentionally, describing the negotiations and personalities of key leaders that contributed to the failure of diplomatic efforts.
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New York :
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2005.
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Table of Contents:
- Out of the blue
- The importance of the question
- A summer to remember
- Part 1: Europe's tensions
- 1. Empires clash
- 2. Classes struggle
- 3. Nations quarrel
- 4. Countries arm
- 5. Zarathustra prophesies
- 6. Diplomats align
- Part 2: Walking through minefields
- 7. The eastern question
- 8. A challenge for the Archduke
- 9. Explosive Germany
- Part 3: Drifting toward war
- 10. Macedonia-out of control
- 11. Austria-first off the mark
- 12. France and Germany make their play
- 13. Italy grasps: then the Balkans do too
- 14. The Slavic tide
- 15. Europe goes to the brink
- 16. More Balkan tremors
- 17. An American tries to stop it
- Part 4: Murder!
- 18. The last waltz
- 19. In the land of the assassins
- 20. The Russian connection
- 21. The terrorists strike
- 22. Europe yawns
- 23. Disposing of the bodies
- 24. Rounding up the suspects
- Part 5: Telling lies
- 25: Germany signs a blank check
- 26. The great deception
- 27. Berchtold runs out of time
- 28. The secret is kept
- Part 6: Crisis!
- 29. The fait is not accompli
- 30. Presenting an ultimatum
- 31. Serbia more or less accepts
- Part 7: Countdown
- 32. Showdown in Berlin
- 33. July 26
- 34. July 27
- 35. July 28
- 36. July 29
- 37. July 30
- 38. July 31
- 39. August 1
- 40. August 2
- 41. August 3
- 42. August 4
- 43. Shredding the evidence
- Part 8: The mystery solved
- 44. Assembling in the library
- 45. What did not happen
- 46. The key to what happened
- 47. What was it about?
- 48. Who could have prevented it?
- 49. Who started it?
- 50. Could it happen again?
- 51. Summing up
- 52. Austria's war
- 53. Germany's war.
