The origins of the war : lectures delivered in the Michaelmas term, 1914
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The origins of the war : lectures delivered in the Michaelmas term, 1914
Cambridge University Press, 2015, c1914
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"First published 1914. First paperback edition 2015"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Originally published in 1914, this book presents the content of a series of eight lectures delivered at Cambridge University during that year by the renowned historian John Holland Rose (1855-1942). The text discusses various factors in the diplomatic crisis which led to the outbreak of the First World War. Detailed notes are incorporated throughout and an appendix section is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in diplomatic history, military history and perspectives on the First World War.
Table of Contents
- Prefatory note
- 1. Anglo-German rivalry (1875-88)
- 2. The Kaiser
- 3. Germany's world policy
- 4. Morocco: the Bagdad railway
- 5. Alsace-Lorraine
- 6. The eastern question (1908-13)
- 7. The crisis of 1914
- 8. The rupture
- Appendix I. Ship-building programmes of England, Germany and France (1905-14)
- Appendix II. German plans in south-west Africa
- Index.
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