|a NLGGC |b eng |e fobidrtb |c NLGGC |d VHP |a The war that ended peace : |b the road to 1914 / |c Margaret MacMillan. |a Presents a narrative portrait of Europe in the years leading up to World War I that illuminates the political, cultural, and economic factors and contributing personalities that shaped major events.
|a Europe in 1900 - Great Britain and splendid isolation - The new Kaiser - Weltpolitik - Dreadnought - Unlikely friends: the entente cordiale - The bear and the whale: Russia and Great Britain - The loyalty of the Nibelungs - What were they thinking? - Dreaming of peace - Thinking about war - Making the plans - The crises start - The Bosnian crisis - 1911: the year of discords - The first Balkan Wars - Preparing for war or peace - Assassination at Sarajevo - The end game. |a Includes bibliographical references and index.
