The Origins of the First World War

2. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-107-15959-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 52, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: New Approaches to European History

A second edition of this leading introduction to the origins of the First World War and the pre-war international system. William Mulligan shows how the war was a far from inevitable outcome of international politics in the early twentieth century and suggests instead that there were powerful forces operating in favour of the maintenance of peace. He discusses key issues ranging from the military, public opinion, economics, diplomacy and geopolitics to relations between the great powers, the role of smaller states and the disintegrating empires. In this new edition, the author assesses the extensive new literature on the war's origins and the July Crisis as well as introducing new themes such as the relationship between economic interdependence and military planning. With well-structured chapters and an extensive bibliography, this is an essential classroom text which significantly revises our understanding of diplomacy, political culture, and economic history from 1870 to 1914.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mulligan, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Security and expansion: the great powers and geopolitics, 1871–1914; 3. The military, war, and international politics; 4. Public opinion and international relations; 5. The world economy and international politics before 1914; 6. The July Crisis; 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Mulligan, William
William Mulligan is a lecturer in the School of History and Archives, University College Dublin. He is the author of The Creation of the Modern German Army (2005) and The Great War for Peace (2014), and co-editor of The Wars before the Great War: Conflict and International Politics before the Outbreak of the First World War (2015).