An Improbable War?
The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914
Herausgeber: Afflerbach, Holger; Stevenson, David
An Improbable War?
The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914
Herausgeber: Afflerbach, Holger; Stevenson, David
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The First World War has been described as the "primordial catastrophe of the twentieth century." Arguably, Italian Fascism, German National Socialism and Soviet Leninism and Stalinism would not have emerged without the cultural and political shock of World War I. The question why this catastrophe happened therefore preoccupies historians to this day. The focus of this volume is not on the consequences, but rather on the connection between the Great War and the long 19th century, the short- and long-term causes of World War I. This approach results in the questioning of many received ideas…mehr
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- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Seitenzahl: 380
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2012
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
- Gewicht: 549g
- ISBN-13: 9780857453105
- ISBN-10: 0857453106
- Artikelnr.: 36036183
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Seitenzahl: 380
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2012
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
- Gewicht: 549g
- ISBN-13: 9780857453105
- ISBN-10: 0857453106
- Artikelnr.: 36036183
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Foreword: President Jimmy Carter: A Century of War and Peace
Introduction
PART I: EUROPEAN STATESCRAFT AND THE QUESTION OF WAR AND PEACE BEFORE 1914
Chapter 1. Stealing Horses to Great Applause: Austria-Hungary's Decision in
1914 in Systemic Perspective
Paul W. Schroeder
Chapter 2. Did Norms Matter in Nineteenth-Century International Relations?
Progress and Decline in the "Culture of Peace" before World War I
Matthias Schulz
Chapter 3. Aggressive and Defensive Aims of Political Elites?
Austro-Hungarian Policy in 1914
Samuel R. Williamson, Jr.
Chapter 4. The Curious Case of the Kaiser's Disappearing War Guilt: Wilhelm
II in July 1914
John C. G. Röhl
PART II: THE MILITARY SITUATION BEFORE 1914: EUROPE BETWEEN HOT AND COLD
WAR
Chapter 5. Chances and Limits of Armament Control 1898-1914
Jost Dülffer
Chapter 6. The Naval Race before 1914: Was a Peaceful Outcome Thinkable?
Michael Epkenhans
Chapter 7. Was a Peaceful Solution Thinkable? The European Land Armaments
Race before 1914
David Stevenson
Chapter 8. The German and Austro-Hungarian General Staffs and their
Reflections on an Impossible War
Günther Kronenbitter
PART III: HOPES AND FEARS OF WAR AND PEACE: SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS AND
UNSPOKEN ASSUMPTIONS IN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES BEFORE 1914
Chapter 9. The Topos of Improbable War in Europe before 1914
Holger Afflerbach
Chapter 10. Unfought Wars: The Effect of Détente before World War I
Friedrich KieSling
Chapter 11. "War Enthusiasm?" Public Opinion and the Outbreak of War in
1914
Roger Chickering
Chapter 12. Education for War, Peace, and Patriotism in Russia on the Eve
of World War I
Joshua A. Sanborn
PART IV: CULTURE, GENDER, RELIGIOSITY, AND THE COMING OF WAR
Chapter 13. Honor, Gender, and Power: The Politics of Satisfaction in
Pre-War Europe
Ute Frevert
Chapter 14. International Solidarity in European and North American
Protestantism before 1914 and after
Hartmut Lehmann
Chapter 15. International Relations, Arts, and Culture before 1914
Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht
PART V: THE PERSPECTIVE FROM AFAR: THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN EUROPE IN THE
EYES OF OTHER CONTINENTS
Chapter 16. War as the Savior? Hopes for War and Peace in Ottoman Politics
before 1914
Mustafa Aksakal
Chapter 17. The View from Japan: War and Peace in Europe around 1914
Frederick R. Dickinson
Chapter 18. War, Peace, and Commerce: The American Reaction to the Outbreak
of World War I in Europe
Fraser J. Harbutt
Contributors
Selected Bibliography
Index of Names
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Foreword: President Jimmy Carter: A Century of War and Peace
Introduction
PART I: EUROPEAN STATESCRAFT AND THE QUESTION OF WAR AND PEACE BEFORE 1914
Chapter 1. Stealing Horses to Great Applause: Austria-Hungary's Decision in
1914 in Systemic Perspective
Paul W. Schroeder
Chapter 2. Did Norms Matter in Nineteenth-Century International Relations?
Progress and Decline in the "Culture of Peace" before World War I
Matthias Schulz
Chapter 3. Aggressive and Defensive Aims of Political Elites?
Austro-Hungarian Policy in 1914
Samuel R. Williamson, Jr.
Chapter 4. The Curious Case of the Kaiser's Disappearing War Guilt: Wilhelm
II in July 1914
John C. G. Röhl
PART II: THE MILITARY SITUATION BEFORE 1914: EUROPE BETWEEN HOT AND COLD
WAR
Chapter 5. Chances and Limits of Armament Control 1898-1914
Jost Dülffer
Chapter 6. The Naval Race before 1914: Was a Peaceful Outcome Thinkable?
Michael Epkenhans
Chapter 7. Was a Peaceful Solution Thinkable? The European Land Armaments
Race before 1914
David Stevenson
Chapter 8. The German and Austro-Hungarian General Staffs and their
Reflections on an Impossible War
Günther Kronenbitter
PART III: HOPES AND FEARS OF WAR AND PEACE: SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS AND
UNSPOKEN ASSUMPTIONS IN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES BEFORE 1914
Chapter 9. The Topos of Improbable War in Europe before 1914
Holger Afflerbach
Chapter 10. Unfought Wars: The Effect of Détente before World War I
Friedrich KieSling
Chapter 11. "War Enthusiasm?" Public Opinion and the Outbreak of War in
1914
Roger Chickering
Chapter 12. Education for War, Peace, and Patriotism in Russia on the Eve
of World War I
Joshua A. Sanborn
PART IV: CULTURE, GENDER, RELIGIOSITY, AND THE COMING OF WAR
Chapter 13. Honor, Gender, and Power: The Politics of Satisfaction in
Pre-War Europe
Ute Frevert
Chapter 14. International Solidarity in European and North American
Protestantism before 1914 and after
Hartmut Lehmann
Chapter 15. International Relations, Arts, and Culture before 1914
Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht
PART V: THE PERSPECTIVE FROM AFAR: THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN EUROPE IN THE
EYES OF OTHER CONTINENTS
Chapter 16. War as the Savior? Hopes for War and Peace in Ottoman Politics
before 1914
Mustafa Aksakal
Chapter 17. The View from Japan: War and Peace in Europe around 1914
Frederick R. Dickinson
Chapter 18. War, Peace, and Commerce: The American Reaction to the Outbreak
of World War I in Europe
Fraser J. Harbutt
Contributors
Selected Bibliography
Index of Names