272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 2001. Looking at German Foreign Policy between 1847 to 1914 this Volume IX of the Foreign Policies of Great Powers collection. It includes the general framework of the Reich and European diplomacy, the second German empire's history and social structure, and moves into the Pre-Imperialist era of 1871-95 before the 'Welpolitik' up until 1912, and finally the coming of the war over the period of 1909-14 and the German War of Aggression aims in 1914.
Part 1 The General Framework: The Reich and European Diplomacy; Chapter 1 The Second German Empire-Historical Background and Social Structure; Chapter 2 The Pattern of European Diplomacy, 1871-1914; Part 2 German Foreign Policy in the Pre-Imperialist Era, 1871-95; Chapter 3 From the Founding of the German Empire to the Congress of Berlin, 1871-8; Chapter 4 Dual and Triple Alliance, 1879-82; Chapter 5 Colonial Expansion as a First Step Towards Imperialism, 1882-5; Chapter 6 The Tangle of Alliances, 1885-90; Chapter 7 The ‘New Course’-Years of Indecision, 1890-5; Part 3 ‘Weltpolitik’ and No War- 1896-1912; Chapter 8 The Emergence of ‘Weltpolitik’, From Domestic Policy, 1896-8; Chapter 9 The Diplomacy of ‘Weltpolitik’, 1897-1902; Chapter 10 The Beginning of Germany's Containment, 1902-6; Chapter 11 Triple Entente and the Bosnian Crisis, 1907-9; Part 4 The Coming of War, 1909-14; Chapter 12 ‘Encirclement’ and Germany's Self-Isolation; Chapter 13 Germany's Political Offensive Against ‘Encirclement’, 1909-12; Chapter 14 The Decision to go to War, January to 8 December 1912; Chapter 15 Preparing For War, December 1912 - June 1914; Part 5 Germany's War of Aggression and Conquest; Chapter 16 Germany's War of Aggression: The Crisis and the Outbreak of War, 28 June - 4 August 1914; Chapter 17 Germany's War of Conquest: German War Aims, 1914;
Biography
Imanuel Geiss
