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World War I : the most catastrophic event in 20th century European history / Max Egremont ; edited by Jolyon Connell.
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- ISBN: 1911187953
- ISBN: 9781911187950
- Physical Description: 128 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: [London, England] : Connell Publishing, 2018.
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| General Note: | Subtitle from cover. At head of title: All you need to know... |
| Summary, etc.: | "In this short guide [to the first World War], Max Egremont looks at controversies which have raged over the years. What caused the war? Who should be blamed for its outbreak? Should Britain have joined in and, after it did, were its soldiers really, as has been claimed, “lions led by donkeys”? What was America’s role? And was the final peace settlement as fair and sensible as possible in the circumstances or, by humiliating Germany, did the Allies pave the way to a Second World War, a truly global conflict which turned out to be even bloodier and more destructive than the First?"-- Amazon.com. |
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World War One : The Most Catastrophic Event in 20th Century European History
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Table of Contents
World War One : The Most Catastrophic Event in 20th Century European History
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. 5 | |
| Part 1 | The Causes Of War | |
| Chapter 1 | The rise of Germany | p. 8 |
| Chapter 2 | Challenging Britain at sea | p. 15 |
| Chapter 3 | 'Desperate but not serious' | p. 20 |
| Chapter 4 | Was Serbia a rogue state? | p. 25 |
| Chapter 5 | Blaming Germany | p. 34 |
| Chapter 6 | Was Britain right to join in? | p. 42 |
| Part 2 | The War | |
| Chapter 7 | The Schlieffen Plan | p. 55 |
| Chapter 8 | 'Lions led by donkeys' | p. 65 |
| Chapter 9 | Provoking America | p. 74 |
| Chapter 10 | The terrible battles of 1916 | p. 79 |
| Chapter 11 | The US joins the war | p. 84 |
| Part 3 | The Aftermath | |
| Chapter 12 | Was the Treaty of Versailles fair? | p. 90 |
| Chapter 13 | How the war changed Europe | p. 100 |
| Notes | ||
| German militarism | p. 13 | |
| The role of imperialism | p. 19 | |
| The rise of nationalism | p. 30 | |
| The Moroccan crises | p. 35 | |
| British complacency | p. 44 | |
| Arguing over the causes | p. 49 | |
| Sir Edward Grey | p. 51 | |
| Ten facts about World War One | p. 52 | |
| German atrocities | p. 59 | |
| Italy | p. 61 | |
| Douglas Haig | p. 63 | |
| War in the Middle East | p. 71 | |
| Conscientious objectors | p. 77 | |
| The leaders of "the Big Three" | p. 94 | |
| The war poets | p. 106 | |
| The home front | p. 111 | |
| A brief chronology | p. 115 | |
| Further reading | p. 117 | |
| End notes | p. 119 | |
| Index | p. 125 |
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