The Arming of Europe and the Making of the First World War / / David G. Herrmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Herrmann, David G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.) :; 16 halftones 4 maps 2 tables

David Herrmann's work is the most complete study to date of how land-based military power influenced international affairs during the series of diplomatic crises that led up to the First World War. Instead of emphasizing the naval arms race, which has been extensively studied before, Herrmann d...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• LIST OF MAPS
• PREFACE
• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1. The European Armies in 1904
• CHAPTER 2. The European Armies and the First Moroccan Crisis, 1905-1906
• CHAPTER 3. Military Effectiveness and Modern Technology, 1906-1908
• CHAPTER 4. The Bosnia-Herzegovina Annexation Crisis and the Recovery of Russian Power, 1908-1911
• CHAPTER 5. The Second Moroccan Crisis and the Beginning of German Panic, 1911-1912
• CHAPTER 6. The Balkan Wars and the Spiral of Armaments, 1912-1913
• CHAPTER 7. The European Armies and the Outbreak of the First World War
• CONCLUSION
• APPENDIX A. Peacetime Strength of the European Armies, 1904-1913
• APPENDIX B. Army Expenditures of the European Powers, 1904-1914
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index