An improbable war : the outbreak of World War I and European political culture before 1914 / edited by Holger Afflerbach & David Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Afflerbach, Holger, editor.

Stevenson, D., 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Causes--Congresses.

World War, 1914-1918.

Europe--Politics and government--1871-1918--Congresses.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The First World War has been described as the ""primordial catastrophe of the twentieth century."" Arguably, Italian Fascism, German National Socialism and Soviet Leninism and Stalinism would not have emerged without the cultural and political shock of World War I. The question why this catastrophe happened therefore preoccupies historians to this day. The focus of this volume is not on the consequences, but rather on the connection between the Great War and the long 19th century, the short- and long-term causes of World War I. This approach results in the questioning of many received ideas

Contents:

part I. European statescraft and the question of war and peace before 1914

part II. The military situation before 1914 : Europe between hot and cold war

part III. Hopes and fears of war and peace : subjective expectations and unspoken assumptions in European societies before 1914

part IV. Culture, gender, religiosity, and the coming of war

part V. The perspective from afar : the outbreak of war in Europe in the eyes of other continents.

Notes:

Revisions of papers from a conference held Oct. 2004 at Emory University in Atlanta.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 25, 2014).

ISBN:

9780857455963

0857455966

OCLC:

871326095