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The sleepwalkers : how Europe went to war in 1914 / Christopher Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Christopher M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Causes.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Diplomatic history.
- Diplomatic history.
- Europe--History--1871-1918.
- Europe.
- History.
- Europe--Politics and government--1871-1918.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 696 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Allen Lane ; New York : An imprint of Penguin Books, 2012.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Roads to Sarajevo
- 1 Serbian Ghosts 3
- Murder in Belgrade 3
- 'Irresponsible Elements' 13
- Mental Maps 20
- Separation 28
- Escalation 33
- Three Turkish Wars 42
- The Conspiracy 47
- Nikola Pašic Reacts 56
- 2 The Empire without Qualities 65
- Conflict and Equilibrium 65
- The Chess Players 78
- Lies and Forgeries 87
- Deceptive Calm 94
- Hawks and Doves 99
- Part 2 One Continent Divided
- 3 The Polarization of Europe, 1887-1907 121
- Dangerous Liaison: the Franco-Russian Alliance 124
- The Judgement of Paris 132
- The End of British Neutrality 136
- Belated Empire: Germany 141
- The Great Turning Point? 152
- Painting the Devil on the Wall 159
- 4 The Many Voices of European Foreign Policy 168
- Sovereign Decision-makers 170
- Who Governed in St Petersburg? 185
- Who Governed in Paris? 190
- Who Governed in Berlin? 197
- The Troubled Supremacy of Sir Edward Grey 200
- The Agadir Crisis of 1911 204
- Soldiers and Civilians 214
- The Press and Public Opinion 226
- The Fluidity of Power 239
- 5 Balkan Entanglements 242
- Air Strikes on Libya 242
- Balkan Helter-skelter 251
- The Wobbler 258
- The Balkan Winter Crisis of 1912-13 266
- Bulgaria or Serbia? 272
- Austria's Troubles 281
- The Balkanization of the Franco-Russian Alliance 293
- Paris Forces the Pace 301
- Poincaré under Pressure 308
- 6 Last Chances: Détente and Danger, 1912-1914 314
- The Limits of Detente 314
- 'Now or Never' 326
- Germans on the Bosphorus 334
- The Balkan Inception Scenario 349
- A Crisis of Masculinity? 358
- How Open Was the Future? 361
- Part 3 Crisis
- 7 Murder in Sarajevo 367
- The Assassination 367
- Flashbulb Moments 376
- The Investigation Begins 381
- Serbian Responses 387
- What Is to Be Done? 391
- 8 The Widening Circle 404
- Reactions Abroad 404
- Count Hoyos Goes to Berlin 412
- The Road to the Austrian Ultimatum 423
- The Strange Death of Nikolai Hartwig 430
- 9 The French in St Petersburg 433
- Count de Robien Changes Trains 43 3
- M. Poincaré Sails to Russia 438
- The Poker Game 443
- 10 Ultimatum 451
- Austria Demands 451
- Serbia Responds 457
- A 'Local War' Begins 469
- 11 Warning Shots 471
- Firmness Prevails 471
- 'It's War This Time' 475
- Russian Reasons 480
- 12 Last Days 488
- A Strange Light Falls upon the Map of Europe 488
- Poincaré Returns to Paris 498
- Russia Mobilizes 506
- The Leap into the Dark 515
- 'There Must Be Some Misunderstanding' 527
- The Tribulations of Paul Cambon 537
- Britain Intervenes 541
- Belgium 547
- Boots 551.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780713999426
- 071399942X
- 9780718192952
- 0718192958
- OCLC:
- 794136314
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