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The failure to prevent World War I : the unexpected Armageddon
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The failure to prevent World War I : the unexpected Armageddon / Hall Gardner.
ISBN
9781472430564 (hardback : alk. paper)
1472430565 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781472430571 (ebook)
9781472430588 (epub)
1472430573
9781472430571
Publication
Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2015]
Physical Description
viii, 285 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2015
Series
Military strategy and operational art
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The insecurity-security dialectic and the unexpected armageddon
Origins of the Franco-Prussian War
Global consequences of the Franco-Prussian War
French calls for revanche and Bismarck's nightmare of coalitions
Britain's intervention in Egypt and the threat of a continental alliance
Bismarck's strategy and Anglo-German Alliance talks
The failure of the Caprivi's "new course"
1894: the year of German alienation from England
Fissures within the continental alliance
The failure of Anglo-German alliance talks
Britain's quest for new allies (1902-07)
The Anglo-German détente and Eurasian conflicts
The question of Alsace-Lorraine
Stumbling into Armageddon
Conclusions: the failure to prevent World War I.
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