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The darkest days : the truth behind Britain's rush to war, 1914
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The darkest days : the truth behind Britain's rush to war, 1914 / Douglas Newton.
ISBN
9781781683507 (alk. paper)
1781683506 (alk. paper)
9781781683514 (ebook)
Publication
London : Verso, 2014.
Physical Description
xxix, 386 pages ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 22, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Trafalgar Square and 10 Downing Street, Sunday 2 August 1914
The myth of an irresistible war
Mixing signals, Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 July
'Apparent indecision', Monday 27 July
Manoeuvring in the dark, Monday 27 July and Tuesday 28 July
Facing both ways, Wednesday 29 July
Drum-taps, Monday 27 to Friday 31 July
Hope and dread, Monday 27 to Friday 31 July
Smearing neutrality, Thursday 30 July and Friday 31 July
The internationalists awake, Tuesday 28 to Friday 31 July
Doing diplomacy in a dressing gown, Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August
The Russian jolt, Saturday 1 August
'Pogrom', Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August
The high tide of neutralist hope, Saturday 1 August
Kite-flying, Saturday 1 August
Tightening the screws, Sunday 2 August
'To the square!', Sunday 2 August
'Jockeyed', Sunday 2 August
Fracture-lines, Sunday 2 to Monday 3 August
Hidden schism, Monday 3 August
Magical theatre, Monday 3 August
Inventing 'unanimity', Monday 3 August
Dissent, Monday 3 August
Midnight seductions, Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 August
Seizing the moment, Tuesday 4 August
Radical recriminations
Conclusion.
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