Richard F. Hamilton

Decisions for War, 1914-1917 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Decisions for War focuses on the choices made by small coteries in Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France, Britain and elsewhere to address a common yet perplexing question: why did World War I happen? Several of the usual causes for the war are reviewed and discussed. Rather than accepting arguments of mass demands, nationalism, militarism, and social Darwinism, the book shows how in each country, the decision to enter the war was made by only a handful of individuals - monarchs, ministers, military people, party leaders, ambassadors, and others. In each case, we also see separate and distinct agendas, the considerations differing from one nation to the next. The leadership of Japan, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, the Balkans, and the United States are explored, as well as that of the major European countries involved.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511081323
• Artikelnr.: 38193437

Autorenporträt

Richard F. Hamilton is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science and Research Associate of The Mershon Center at Ohio State University. He is co-editor, with Holger Herwig, of The Origins of World War I (Cambridge, 2003). His previous books include Who Voted for Hitler? (1982) and The Bourgeois Epoch (1991).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Great War: a review of explanations
2. European wars: 1815-1914
3. Austria-Hungary
4. Germany
5. Russia
6. France
7. Great Britain
8. Japan
the Ottoman Empire
9. Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece
10. Italy
11. The United States
12. On the origins of the catastrophe
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