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Author : John F. V. Keiger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39076000675970
Author : James Joll,Gordon Martel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317875369
James Joll's study is not simply another narrative, retracing the powder trail that was finally ignited at Sarajevo. It is an ambitious and wide-ranging analysis of the historical forces at work in the Europe of 1914, and the very different ways in which historians have subsequently attempted to understand them. The importance of the theme, the breadth and sympathy of James Joll's scholarship, and the clarity of his exposition, have all contributed to the spectacular success of the book since its first appearance in 1984. Revised by Gordon Martel, this new 3rd edition accommodates recent research and an expanded further reading section.
Author : Karl Deuringer,Terence Zuber
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750951791
Though not so famous as the battles of Tannenberg or the Marne, the fight between the French and German armies at Alsace and Lorraine marks the first battle of World War IOn August 7, 1914, a week before the Battle of Tannenburg and two weeks before the Battle of the Marne, the French army attacked the Germans at Mulhouse in Alsace. Their objective was to recapture territory which had been lost after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, which made it a matter of pride for the French. However, after initial success in capturing Mulhouse, the Germans were able to reinforce more quickly, and drove them back within three days. After 43 years of peace, this was the first test of strength between France and Germany. In 1929 Karl Deuringer wrote the official history of the battle for the Bavarian Army, an immensely detailed work of 890 pages; World War I expert and former army officer Terence Zuber has translated this study and edited it down to more accessible length, to produce the first account in English of the first major battle of the World War I.
Author : James Joll,Gordon Martel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317875352
James Joll's study is not simply another narrative, retracing the powder trail that was finally ignited at Sarajevo. It is an ambitious and wide-ranging analysis of the historical forces at work in the Europe of 1914, and the very different ways in which historians have subsequently attempted to understand them. The importance of the theme, the breadth and sympathy of James Joll's scholarship, and the clarity of his exposition, have all contributed to the spectacular success of the book since its first appearance in 1984. Revised by Gordon Martel, this new 3rd edition accommodates recent research and an expanded further reading section.
Author : Joachim Remak
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106015648899
Appropriate for courses in Western Civilization, Modern Europe, and Twentieth-Century Europe, this text examines the origins of the First World War. An ideal supplementary text, it is concise, readable, and combines traditional and diplomatic history with the controversy surrounding the origin of the First World War.
Author : Bernadotte Everly Schmitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000685540
Author : Sean McMeekin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674072336
The catastrophe of the First World War, and the destruction, revolution, and enduring hostilities it wrought, make the issue of its origins a perennial puzzle. Since World War II, Germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Now, in a major reinterpretation of the conflict, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notions of the war’s beginning as either a Germano-Austrian preemptive strike or a “tragedy of miscalculation.” Instead, he proposes that the key to the outbreak of violence lies in St. Petersburg. It was Russian statesmen who unleashed the war through conscious policy decisions based on imperial ambitions in the Near East. Unlike their civilian counterparts in Berlin, who would have preferred to localize the Austro-Serbian conflict, Russian leaders desired a more general war so long as British participation was assured. The war of 1914 was launched at a propitious moment for harnessing the might of Britain and France to neutralize the German threat to Russia’s goal: partitioning the Ottoman Empire to ensure control of the Straits between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Nearly a century has passed since the guns fell silent on the western front. But in the lands of the former Ottoman Empire, World War I smolders still. Sunnis and Shiites, Arabs and Jews, and other regional antagonists continue fighting over the last scraps of the Ottoman inheritance. As we seek to make sense of these conflicts, McMeekin’s powerful exposé of Russia’s aims in the First World War will illuminate our understanding of the twentieth century.
Author : Ruth Henig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134506217
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Zara S. Steiner,Keith Neilson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230213012
How and why did Britain become involved in the First World War? Taking into account the scholarship of the last twenty-five years, this second edition of Zara S. Steiner's classic study, thoroughly revised with Keith Neilson, explores a subject which is as highly contentious as ever. While retaining the basic argument that Britain went to war in 1914 not as a result of internal pressures but as a response to external events, Steiner and Neilson reject recent arguments that Britain became involved because of fears of an 'invented' German menace, or to defend her Empire. Instead, placing greater emphasis than before on the role of Russia, the authors convincingly argue that Britain entered the war in order to preserve the European balance of power and the nation's favourable position within it. Lucid and comprehensive, Britain and the Origins of the First World War brings together the bureaucratic, diplomatic, economic, strategical and ideological factors that led to Britain's entry into the Great War, and remains the most complete survey of the pre-war situation.
Author : Bruno Cabanes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300224948
A renowned military historian closely examines the first month of World War I in France. On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families across France. Most people thought the conflict would last just a few weeks . . . Yet before the month was out, twenty-seven thousand French soldiers died on the single day of August 22 alone—the worst catastrophe in French military history. Refugees streamed into France as the German army advanced, spreading rumors that amplified still more the ordeal of war. Citizens of enemy countries who were living in France were viciously scapegoated. Drawing from diaries, personal correspondence, police reports, and government archives, Bruno Cabanes renders an intimate, narrative-driven study of the first weeks of World War I in France. Told from the perspective of ordinary women and men caught in the flood of mobilization, this revealing book deepens our understanding of the traumatic impact of war on soldiers and civilians alike. “An exceptional book, a brilliant, moving, and insightful analysis of national mobilization.” —Martha Hanna, author of Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War “This book deserves a wide readership from historians, critics and anyone interested in the catastrophe of war.” —Mary Louise Roberts, Distinguished Lucie Aubrac and Plaenert-Bascom Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison “The sounds, sights and emotions of August, 1914 are all evoked with exceptional skill.” —David A. Bell, author of The First Total War: Napoleon’s Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It
Author : Leonard V. Smith,Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau,Annette Becker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521666317
France and the Great War tells the story of how the French community embarked upon, sustained, and in some ways prevailed in the Great War. In this 2003 book, Leonard Smith and his co-authors synthesize many years of scholarship, examining the origins of the war from a diplomatic and military viewpoint, before shifting their emphasis to socio-cultural and economic history when discussing the civilian and military war culture. They look at the 'total' mobilization of the French national community, as well as the military and civilian crises of 1917, and the ambiguous victory of 1918. The book concludes by revealing how traces of the Great War can still be found in the political and cultural life of the French national community. This lively, accessible and engaging book will be of enormous value to students of the Great War.
Author : William Mulligan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107159594
The second edition of this leading introduction to the origins of the First World War. Updated to take account of the latest debates around the war's origins and outbreak, this is an essential classroom text which significantly revises our understanding of diplomacy, political culture, and economic history from 1870 to 1914.
Author : M. B. Hayne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Foreign ministers
ISBN : 0191675490
A full history of the French Foreign Ministry - the Quai d'Orsay - in the years before World War I. The author throws light on French policy and actions during the July crisis, and contributes to the debate over the origins of World War I.
Author : Ruth Beatrice Henig
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415102339
This fully revised edition focuses on the major issues and assesses the validity of the different intepretations advanced on the origins of the First World War.There is an enormous literature on the origins of the First World War. This pamphlet focuses on the major issues involved in the topic and assesses the validity of the different interpretations advanced.Beginning with the legacy of Bismarck's diplomacy between 1871 and 1890, Ruth Henig surveys the roots of the conflict and outlines the assassination crisis which led to war in August 1914, looking especially at the factors which influenced individual countries to mobilize their armed forces.She goes on to consider how the long-term factors leading up to the crisis of 1914 and the crisis itself have been interpreted by successive generations of historians since 1919, including the recent arguments concerning German responsibility for the outbreak of war.
Author : Jean-Marie Mayeur,Madeleine Rebirioux
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 0521358574
This book provides a detailed account of French history from the oripins of the Thrid Republic, born out of the collapse of Napoleon III's Second Empire, to the coming of the Great WAr in 1914. Part 1 begins with the fall of the "notables" and the victory of the republicans. Then follows a picture of the economy and society of late nineteenth-century France, and an examination of spiritual and cultural development under the increasing threat from nationalist and socialist forces. The moderates' brief ascendancy at the end of the century followed by the extreme sentiments unleashed at the time of the Dreyfus affair, brings the story in Part 2 to a more passionately political period, when the republic finallynbecame established as a bulwark of bourgeois prosperity, witnessing the rise of the banks and big business, and the dangerous revival of colonial expansion.