Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Security and expansion: the great powers and geopolitics, 1871–1914; 3. The military, war and international politics; 4. Public opinion and international relations; 5. The world economy and international politics before 1914; 6. The July crisis; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography.

Promotional Information

Major new interpretation of the origins of World War I that synthesises recent scholarship and introduces the major historiographical debates.

About the Author

William Mulligan is a lecturer in the School of History and Archives, University College Dublin. He is the author of The Creation of the Modern German Army (2005).

Reviews

'A new book is casting doubt on the view that Germany and Austria-Hungary were the chief culprits for the start of the First World War.' BBC History Magazine

'Excellent book … teems with compelling insights and arresting arguments.' Australian Literary Review

'One must congratulate the author for this excellent work.' Anatol Schmied-Kowarzik, Habsburg reviews (h-net.org/~habsweb)

'This is a cogent, finely presented reinterpretation of the origins of the Great War drawing on a large amount of recent scholarship.' Stand To! The Journal of the Western Front Association