The war that ended peace : the road to 1914 /

MacMillan, Margaret Olwen, 1943-

The war that ended peace : the road to 1914 / Margaret MacMillan. - First U.S. Edition. - xxxv, 739 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-710) and index.

Europe in 1900 -- Great Britain and splendid isolation -- The new Kaiser -- Weltpolitik -- Dreadnought -- Unlikely friends: the entente cordiale -- The bear and the whale: Russia and Great Britain -- The loyalty of the Nibelungs -- What were they thinking? -- Dreaming of peace -- Thinking about war -- Making the plans -- The crises start -- The Bosnian crisis -- 1911: the year of discords -- The first Balkan Wars -- Preparing for war or peace -- Assassination at Sarajevo -- The end game.

9781400068555 (alk. paper) 140006855X (alk. paper)

2013009274


World War, 1914-1918--Causes.
Guerra Mundial I, 1914-1918 --Causas

D 511 / M167w 2013

940.3/11