Britain and the Origins of the First World War

Britain and the Origins of the First World War
Author: Zara S. Steiner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230213014

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.

The Balkan Wars 1912-1913

The Balkan Wars 1912-1913
Author: Richard C. Hall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 113458363X

In The Balkan Wars 1912-1913, Richard Hall examines the origins, the enactment and the resolution of the Balkan Wars, during which the Ottoman Empire fought a Balkan coalition of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia. The Balkan Wars of 1912 - 1913 opened an era of conflict in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, which lasted until 1918, and which established a basis for problems which tormented Europe until the end of the century. Based on archival as well as published diplomatic and military sources, this book provides the first comprehensive perspective on the diplomatic and military aspects of the Balkan Wars. It demonstrates that, because of the diplomatic problems raised and the military strategies and tactics pursued to resolve those problems, The Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 were the first phase of the greater and wider conflict of the First World War.

The Wars before the Great War

The Wars before the Great War
Author: Dominik Geppert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107063477

This volume offers a comprehensive account of the wars before the Great War and their role in undermining international instability.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Hugh Chisholm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1090
Release: 1910
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

The First World War

The First World War
Author: Michael Howard
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2007-01-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199205590

This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of the Great War--from the state of Europe in 1914, to the role of the US, the collapse of Russia, and the eventual surrender of the Central Powers. Examining how and why the war was fought, as well as the historical controversies that still surround the war, Michael Howard also looks at how peace was ultimately made, and describes the potent legacy of resentment left to Germany.

Encyclopedia of Ukraine

Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Author: Danylo Husar Struk
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 2400
Release: 1993-12-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442651261

Over thirty years in the making, the most comprehensive work in English on Ukraine is now complete: its history, people, geography, economy, and cultural heritage, both in Ukraine and in the diaspora.