Origins of the War - Lectures Delivered in the Michaelmas Term, 1914

Klappentext This book presents a series of lectures delivered in 1914 on the diplomatic crisis which led to the outbreak of the First World War. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1914, this book presents the content of a series of eight lectures delivered at Cambridge University during that year by the renowned historian John Holland Rose (1855–1942). The text discusses various factors in the diplomatic crisis which led to the outbreak of the First World War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prefatory note; 1. Anglo-German rivalry (1875-88); 2. The Kaiser; 3. Germany's world policy; 4. Morocco: the Bagdad railway; 5. Alsace-Lorraine; 6. The eastern question (1908-13); 7. The crisis of 1914; 8. The rupture; Appendix I. Ship-building programmes of England, Germany and France (1905-14); Appendix II. German plans in south-west Africa; Index.

Product details

• Authors: J. Holland Rose, J. Holland Rose, ROSE J. HOLLAND
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781107536920
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53692-0
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); First World War, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Diplomacy, Social and cultural history, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I