Overview
Historians have long sought to explain how the world descended into war in the wake of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28, 1914. Focusing on the interactions between two key leaders - one civilian and one military - in each of the Great Powers and Serbia, this documentary history explores how individuals, not monolithic governments and impersonal forces, contributed to the rapidly escalating crisis leading to World War I. A brief introduction outlines the background for July 1914, followed by seven chapters on events in each of the major nations involved, interwoven with over 70 documents including memoirs, diaries, telegrams, press reports, and private letters to illustrate how the crisis developed.
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Author: Samuel R. Williamson , Russell Van Wyk
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Imprint: St Martin's Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.315kg
ISBN: 9780312120108
ISBN 10: 0312120109
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 06 February 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Civil-Military Relations and July 1914 July 1914: The Crisis Pasic, Apis, and the Battle for Serbia Berchtold and Conrad Push Austria-Hungary to War Bethmann, Moltke, and German Support for Vienna Sazonov, Sukhomlinov, and the Russian Escalation of the Crisis San Giuliano, Cadorna, and Italian Neutrality Poincare, Joffre, and the Effort to Protect France Grey, Wilson, and the Struggle to Commit Britain to War Epilogue Appendixes Chronology of the Main Events Leading to the First World War, 1870-1914 Key Participants in the July 1914 Crisis Selected Bibliography Index
Reviews
This text is proof that solid scholarship can be presented in a manner that engages undergraduates. The vivid descriptions of the leaders' personalities, prejudices and predelictions help to bring the soldiers and statesmen of the July Crisis alive and serve to explain how and why certain fateful decisions were made.
July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War makes a significant, original, and fascinating contribution, one that will not only enlighten students and scholars, but inform today's soldiers and politicians about the urgency of trust, cooperation, and mutual understanding in their work together. This book is a prime example of the relevance of history to contemporary society. Soldiers and citizens, not to speak of political leaders, will ignore the implications at their peril. This text is proof that solid scholarship can be presented in a manner that engages undergraduates. The vivid descriptions of the leaders' personalities, prejudices and predelictions help to bring the soldiers and statesmen of the July Crisis alive and serve to explain how and why certain fateful decisions were made.
Author Information
SAMUEL R. WILLIAMSON, Jr. is Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor and President Emeritus of the University of the South. - RUSSEL VAN WYK is an adjunct faculty member in the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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