John Lowe introduces the major issues in international affairs (many of which are now highly topical) from the period of German Unification up to the aftermath of the First World War, stressing the impact on imperialist expansion
This is a lucid and well-structured text dealing with key issues in international affairs from the period of German unification to the aftermath of World War I. It:
* Provides excellent explanation and analysis of the central issues
* Clarifies a notoriously complex period of international history
* Updates traditional books in this field of 19th and 20th century diplomatic/international history
* Takes a thematic approach
* Leads students through the main events and reviews recent trends in historical debate and scholarship
* Includes an annotated bibliography
Consideration of `the German problem' and `the Balkan problem' have taken on a new urgency and relevance with recent developments in Europe, and this book provides an excellent introduction to the subject.
Author(s): John Lowe
Series: Policy, 56
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: 268
City: Abingdon
Contents
Illustrations
Maps
Introduction: The European powers in the late nineteenth century
THE BALANCE OF POWER AND THE CONCERT OF EUROPE
THE GREAT POWERS
THE 'FLANKING' POWERS: BRITAIN AND RUSSIA
THE CENfRAL POWERS: AUSTRIA(-HUNGARY) AND (PRUSSIA-)GERMANY
FRANCE
THE LESSER POWERS: ITALY AND TURKEY
THE RISING POWERS: JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
1 International relations: Biarritz to the Berlin Post, 1865–1875
THE WAR OF 1866, SADOWA AND THE POLICY OF POURBOIRES
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN RELATIONS, 1867-1870
BISMARCK AND THE HOHENZOLLERN CANDIDATURE
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
GERMANY AND THE GREAT POWERS, 1871–1875
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
2 The dilemma of Bismarckian foreign policy, 1875–1887
THE NEAR EAST CRISIS OF 1875–1878
THE CREATION OF THE 'BISMARCKIAN SYSTEM' 1879–1882
PAN-SLAVISM AND REVANCHISM
THE BULGARIAN CRISIS OF 1885–1887 AND THE BISMARCKIAN SYSTEM
BRITAIN AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE
THE DECLINE OF THE BISMARCKIAN SYSTEM
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
3 Imperial rivalries in Africa, 1875–1898
THE DEBATE ON IMPERIALISM
THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
ANGLO-FRENCH RIVALRY OVER EGYPT AND WEST AFRICA IN THE 1880s
CONFRONTATION ON THE NIGER AND THE NILE IN THE 1890s
BISMARCK'S BID FOR COLONIES, 1884–1889
GERMAN DIPLOMACY IN AFRICA, 1890–1898
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
4 The Far Eastern crisis of 1895–1905 and the ententes of 1904 and 1907
THE WESTERN POWERS IN CHINA
RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN THE FAR EAST
THE BOXER RISING AND THE MANCHURIAN CRISIS
THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE OF 1902
THE ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE OF 1904
THE ORIGINS OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN ENTENTE OF 1907
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
5 Weltpolitik, the navy and Anglo-German relations, 1897–1913
INTERPRETATIONS OF WELTPOLITIK
WELTPOLITIK IN ACTION
THE 'FAILURE' OF WELTPOLITIK
NAVAL RIVALRY
THE SEARCH FOR A NAVAL AGREEMENT
ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
6 Crises and tension, 1905–1913
THE MOROCCAN CRISIS OF 1905–1906
THE AGADIR CRISIS OF 1911
THE BOSNIAN CRISIS OF 1908–1909
THE BALKAN WARS, 1912–1913
THE 'GERMAN PROBLEM' ON THE EVE OF THE 1914 WAR
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
7 The great powers and the July crisis, 1914
INTRODUCTION
THE AUSTRO-SERB CONFLICT
RUSSIA AND THE BALKANS
GERMANY AND THE POLICY OF 'CALCULATED RISK'
BRITAIN AND THE FAILURE OF MEDIATION
FRANCE AND THE ABSENCE OF RESTRAINT
MILITARY PLANNING, MOBILIZATION AND THE CULT OF THE OFFENSIVE
THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Epilogue: The German problem, 1919–1925
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Index
