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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Historiography from Fischer to Förster 2. The Economics of War: Industrialists, Financiers and Landowners 3. Nationalism and Images of the Enemy 4. The Politics of War: Parties, the Press and Public Opinion 5. Militarism and Representations of Conflict 6. Strategies of War: The Army and the Navy 7. Imperialism and Conceptions of Diplomatic Relations 8. Diplomacy and War: Chancellor, Kaiser and Foreign Office 9. The July Crisis: Brinkmanship and War 10. Conclusion: Germany and the Question of Guilt Select Bibliography Index

About the Author

Mark Hewitson is Lecturer in German Politics and History at the University College London, UK.

Reviews

'We should be extremely grateful to Mark Hewitson for providing such an expertly judicious, admirably lucid guide to the variety of explanatory contexts intersecting in the final crisis that produced Germany's entry into the First World War.' Geoff Eley, University of Michigan, in EHR (April 2006) 'His work is a valuable contribution to the field, for it always treats issues exhaustively covered elsewhere from a slightly different angle that makes them appear different than they had before.' H-German 'We should be extremely grateful to Mark Hewitson for providing such an expertly judicious, admirably lucid guide to the variety of explanatory contexts intersecting in the final crisis that produced Germany's entry into the First World War.' English Historical Review