British documents on the origins of the War 1898-1914

Format:

Government document

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--20th century--Sources.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--20th century--Sources.

Great Britain--History--20th century--Databases.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--20th century--Databases.

Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office--Sources.

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

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

Online resource

Irregular

Place of Publication:

London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1926-1938.

Summary:

This series, in eleven volumes edited by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley, presents the key documents in British diplomatic history from the abandonment of the policy of 'splendid isolation' in 1898 to the declaration of war against Germany on 4 August 1914.The decision to publish the British Documents on the Origins of the War was announced in a letter of the 28th November, 1924 by Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain. A collection of the documents between the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the declaration of war had already been made by J. W. Headlam-Morley, the Historical Adviser of the Foreign Office, and this became the first volume to be published, in 1926, as Volume XI of the series. Volumes I-X were subsequently published between 1927 and 1938.In addition to the official records of the Foreign Office, selected minutes and private letters were also included. Documents which had previously been published elsewhere were usually excluded.

Contents:

The end of British isolation Vol.01

The Anglo-Japanese alliance and the Franco-British entente Vol.02

The testing of the entente 1904-6 Vol.03

The Anglo-Russian rapprochement 1903-7 Vol.04

The Near East the Macedonian problem and the annexation of Bosnia 1903-9 Vol.05

Anglo-German tension armaments and negotiation, 1907-12

Vol.06

The Agadir crisis Vol.07

Arbitration, neutrality and security Vol.08

The Balkan wars: the prelude; the Tripoli war

Vol.09 Part I

The Balkan wars: the League and Turkey

Vol.09 Part II

The Near and Middle East on the eve of war Vol.10 Part I

The last years of peace Vol.10 Part II

The outbreak of war Vol.11