The origins of the First World War / William Mulligan.
Material type:
- 9780521886338
- 0521886333 (hbk.)
- 9780521713948 (pbk.)
- 0521713943 (pbk.)
- 940.311 MULĀ 22
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
The Open University of Tanzania-HQ | 940.311 MUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Available | 2932 |
Browsing The Open University of Tanzania-HQ shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
940.3 ROB The First World War / | 940.3 STE 1914-1918 The History of the First World War. | 940.309 WIN The Great War in history : debates and controversies, 1914 to the present / | 940.311 MUL The origins of the First World War / | 940.311 ORI The origins of the First World War / | 940.3112 STE Armaments and the coming of war : Europe, 1904-1914 / | 940.344 BEC The Great War and the French people / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-249) and index.
Security and expansion : the great powers and geopolitics, 1871-1914 -- The military, war, and international politics -- Public opinion and international relations -- The world economy and international politics before 1914 -- The July crisis -- Conclusion.
Providing a new interpretation of the origins of the First World War, this textbook synthesises recent scholarship and introduces the major historiographical and political debates surrounding the outbreak of the war. The author argues that the war was a far from inevitable outcome of international politics in the early twentieth century and suggests instead that there were powerful forces operating in favour of the maintenance of peace. His fresh perspective on the pre-war international system takes account of new approaches to the study of international politics since the end of the Cold War and the acceleration of globalisation. Thematic chapters examine key issues, including the military, public opinion, economics, diplomacy and geopolitics, and analyse relations between the great powers, the role of smaller states, the disintegrating empires and the July crisis. This account revises our understanding of diplomacy, political culture, and economic history from 1870 to 1914.
There are no comments on this title.