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Chapter 1 International relations 1879--1945: an introduction |
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1 The ideological background |
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2 The Great Powers 1890--1945 |
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5 | (8) |
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Chapter 2 Growing international tension 1878--90 |
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1 The unification of Germany and its consequences |
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13 | (3) |
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2 The Balkans and the League of the Three Emperors |
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3 Bismarck's web of alliances 1879--83 |
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18 | (3) |
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4 The Anglo-French quarrel over Egypt and its consequences |
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21 | (2) |
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5 The Bulgarian crisis 1885--7 |
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23 | (5) |
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Chapter 3 Origins of the First World War |
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1 The `New Course' in German foreign policy and its consequences |
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2 Nationalism and worldwide imperial rivalries |
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31 | (5) |
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3 Making of the Triple Entente |
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36 | (6) |
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4 The second Moroccan crisis 1911 and its consequences |
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42 | (2) |
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5 The Balkans and the Great Powers 1906--14 |
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44 | (4) |
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6 Outbreak of the First World War 1914 |
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53 | (8) |
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Chapter 4 The First World War 1914--18 |
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1 The military and strategic background of the war 1914--15 |
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62 | (7) |
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2 1916: The deadlock still unbroken |
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3 1917:'No peace without victory' |
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4 1918: The final year of the war |
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5 The armistices of October and November 1918 |
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Chapter 5 Peace settlements 1919--23 |
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1 Problems faced by the peacemakers |
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2 Aims and principles of the victorious Great Powers |
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3 Organisation of the Paris Peace Conference |
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4 Settlement with Germany |
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5 Settlements with Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria |
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101 | (3) |
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6 Settlement with Turkey 1919--23 |
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104 | (3) |
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7 Enforcing the Treaty of Versailles 1920--3 |
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111 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 Reconciliation and disarmament 1924--30: the Locarno era |
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1 The impact of the Dawes Plan |
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3 The `Locarno spirit' and Germany's re-emergence as a Great Power |
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4 Russia and eastern Europe during the Locarno era |
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5 Development of the League of Nations |
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127 | (9) |
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6 Progress towards disarmament |
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136 | (7) |
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Chapter 7 Democracies on the defensive 1930--6 |
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1 The Great Depression 1929--33 |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (4) |
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3 Reaction of the Great Powers to Nazi Germany 1933--5 |
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150 | (5) |
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4 The Abyssinian crisis 1935 |
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155 | (2) |
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5 Remilitarisation of the Rhineland |
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7 The Rome---Berlin Axis and the Anti-Comintern Pact |
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Chapter 8 Countdown to war in Europe 1937--41 |
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2 Arms race: Britain, France and Germany 1936--9 |
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168 | (3) |
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3 Britain, France and appeasement |
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4 The Anschluss and the destruction of Czechoslovakia |
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5 Anglo-French guarantees and attempts to construct a peace front |
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6 Gaining the support of the USSR |
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7 Outbreak of the Second World War 1939 |
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8 The spreading conflict: October 1939 to June 1941 |
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186 | (4) |
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190 | (7) |
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Chapter 9 Countdown to war in Asia 1931--41 |
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1 The Manchurian Crisis 1932 |
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197 | (4) |
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201 | (4) |
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3 The road to Pearl Harbor 1940--1 |
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205 | (4) |
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Chapter 10 Interpreting international relations 1890--1941 |
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1 Causes of the First World War |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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3 The new global balance of power |
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210 | (1) |
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4 The fragile stabilisation 1924--9 |
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211 | (1) |
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5 Road to war in Europe and Asia 1931--41 |
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212 | (2) |
Study guide |
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214 | (16) |
Glossary of terms |
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230 | (6) |
Further reading |
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236 | (3) |
Index |
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