
The Wars before the Great War
Conflict and International Politics before the Outbreak of the First World War
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The Wars before the Great War
Conflict and International Politics before the Outbreak of the First World War
About this book
Between 1911 and 1914, the conflicts between Italy and the Ottoman Empire, together with the Balkan wars that followed, transformed European politics. With contributions from leading, international historians, this volume offers a comprehensive account of the wars before the Great War and surveys the impact of these conflicts on European diplomacy, military planning, popular opinion and their role in undermining international stability in the years leading up to the outbreak of the First World War. Placing these conflicts at the centre of European history, the authors provide fresh insights on the origins of World War I, emphasizing the importance of developments on the European periphery in driving change across the continent. Nation and empire, great powers and small states, Christian and Muslim, violent and peaceful, civilized and barbaric - the book evaluates core issues which defined European politics to show how they were encapsulated in the wars before the Great War.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The belligerents
- Part II The European military between real and imagined wars
- Part III The wars and Great Power politics
- Part IV The wars in the European public sphere
- Index