The Outbreak of the First World War

To Arms is Hew Strachan's most complete and definitive study of the opening of the First World War. Now, key sections from this magisterial work are published as individual paperbacks, each complete in itself, and with a new introduction by the author.

Ever since its outbreak in 1914, the causes of the First World War have been one of the major debates in world history. For some it was a war engineered by Germany, and a pointer towards Hitler. For others it was the product of miscalculation - a verdict whose poignancy is heightened by the knowledge of what followed. The Outbreak of War eschews either extreme. Instead, the first half of this book approaches the issues from the perspectives of those who grapples with conflicting priorities and vital national interests. The second considers the responses of their peoples and the so-called 'ideas of 1914'. This was the crisis which, more than any other, shaped the twentieth century.

Presents key sections from Hew Strachan's "To Arms". The first half of this book approaches the issues from the perspectives of those who grappled with conflicting priorities and vital national interests. The second considers the responses of their peoples and the so-called 'ideas of 1914'.

Autorentext
Hew Strachan, geboren in Edinburgh, war ehemals Dozent für Kriegswissenschaften an der Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Direktor des Scottish Centre for War Studies und Professor für Neuere Geschichte an der Universität Glasgow. Heute ist er Professor für Kriegsgeschichte und Fellow des All Souls College an der Universität Oxford. Zahlreiche Fachveröffentlichungen zur Militärgeschichte.

Klappentext
To Arms is Hew Strachan's most complete and definitive study of the opening of the First World War. Now, key sections from this magisterial work are published as individual paperbacks, each complete in itself, and with a new introduction by the author. Ever since its outbreak in 1914, the causes of the First World War have been one of the major debates in world history. For some it was a war engineered by Germany, and a pointer towards Hitler. For others it was the product of miscalculation - a verdict whose poignancy is heightened by the knowledge of what followed. The Outbreak of the First World War eschews either extreme. Instead, it approaches the issues from the perspectives of those who grappled with conflicting priorities and vital national interests and considers the responses of their peoples and the so-called 'ideas of 1914'.


Inhalt
Introduction
Part I The Origins of the War
1: Germany as a World Power
2: Austria-Hungary and the Balkans
3: The July Crisis
Part II Willingly to War
4: War Enthusiasm
5: Socialism and the International
6: The Imaginings of Intellectuals
7: Popular Responses
Part III Conclusion
The Ideas of 1914

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