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01964aam a2200325 i 4500 001 097162146B5711E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 140725s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014023410 020 $a 9781472430571 020 $a 1472430573 020 $a 1472430565 (hardback : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781472430564 (hardback : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)884665102 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d CDX $d CUD $d CHVBK $d PUL $d STF $d SILO 050 00 $a D511 G24 2015 100 1 $a Gardner, Hall, $e author. 245 14 $a The failure to prevent World War I : $b the unexpected Armageddon / $c Hall Gardner. 264 1 $a Farnham, Surrey : $b Ashgate Publishing Limited, $c [2015] 300 $a viii, 285 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Military strategy and operational art 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The insecurity-security dialectic and the unexpected armageddon -- Origins of the Franco-Prussian War -- Global consequences of the Franco-Prussian War -- French calls for revanche and Bismarck's nightmare of coalitions -- Britain's intervention in Egypt and the threat of a continental alliance -- Bismarck's strategy and Anglo-German Alliance talks -- The failure of the Caprivi's "new course" -- 1894: the year of German alienation from England -- Fissures within the continental alliance -- The failure of Anglo-German alliance talks -- Britain's quest for new allies (1902-07) -- The Anglo-German d婉tente and Eurasian conflicts -- The question of Alsace-Lorraine -- Stumbling into Armageddon -- Conclusions: the failure to prevent World War I. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Causes. 830 0 $a Military strategy and operational art. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826110641.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=097162146B5711E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search