Outbreak of war

Klappentext To Arms is Hew Strachan's most complete and definitive study of the opening of the First World War. Now! key sections from this magisterial work are published as individual paperbacks! each complete in itself! and with a new introduction by the author. Ever since its outbreak in 1914! the causes of the First World War have been one of the major debates in world history. For some it was a war engineered by Germany! and a pointer towards Hitler. For others it was the product of miscalculation - a verdict whose poignancy is heightened by the knowledge of what followed. The Outbreak of the First World War eschews either extreme. Instead! it approaches the issues from the perspectives of those who grappled with conflicting priorities and vital national interests and considers the responses of their peoples and the so-called 'ideas of 1914'. Zusammenfassung Presents key sections from Hew Strachan's "To Arms". The first half of this book approaches the issues from the perspectives of those who grappled with conflicting priorities and vital national interests. The second considers the responses of their peoples and the so-called 'ideas of 1914'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I The Origins of the War 1: Germany as a World Power 2: Austria-Hungary and the Balkans 3: The July Crisis Part II Willingly to War 4: War Enthusiasm 5: Socialism and the International 6: The Imaginings of Intellectuals 7: Popular Responses Part III Conclusion The Ideas of 1914

Product details

• Authors: Hew Strachan, Sir Hew Strachan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2004
• EAN: 9780199257263
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925726-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Series: The First World War; First World War S.; The First World War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, General and world history, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I