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

This book presents a series of lectures delivered in 1914 on the diplomatic crisis which led to the outbreak of the First World War.

J. Holland Rose (Author)

9781107536920, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 October 2015

210 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.2 cm, 0.23 kg

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. Detailed notes are incorporated throughout and an appendix section is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in diplomatic history, military history and perspectives on the First World War.

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.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]