The Wars Before The Great War: Conflict And International Politics Before The Outbreak Of The First World War
by William Mulligan /
2015 / English / PDF
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Between 1911 and 1914, the conflicts between Italy and the Ottoman
Empire, together with the Balkan wars that followed, transformed
European politics. With contributions from leading, international
historians, this volume offers a comprehensive account of the wars
before the Great War and surveys the impact of these conflicts on
European diplomacy, military planning, popular opinion and their
role in undermining international stability in the years leading up
to the outbreak of the First World War. Placing these conflicts at
the centre of European history, the authors provide fresh insights
on the origins of World War I, emphasizing the importance of
developments on the European periphery in driving change across the
continent. Nation and empire, great powers and small states,
Christian and Muslim, violent and peaceful, civilized and barbaric
- the book evaluates core issues which defined European politics to
show how they were encapsulated in the wars before the Great War.
Between 1911 and 1914, the conflicts between Italy and the Ottoman
Empire, together with the Balkan wars that followed, transformed
European politics. With contributions from leading, international
historians, this volume offers a comprehensive account of the wars
before the Great War and surveys the impact of these conflicts on
European diplomacy, military planning, popular opinion and their
role in undermining international stability in the years leading up
to the outbreak of the First World War. Placing these conflicts at
the centre of European history, the authors provide fresh insights
on the origins of World War I, emphasizing the importance of
developments on the European periphery in driving change across the
continent. Nation and empire, great powers and small states,
Christian and Muslim, violent and peaceful, civilized and barbaric
- the book evaluates core issues which defined European politics to
show how they were encapsulated in the wars before the Great War.
