The Struggle for Mastery in Europe
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1848-1918
A. J. P. Taylor
Sinossi
A. J. P. Taylor examines the relations of the Great Powers, when Europe was still the centre of the world. Written in characteristically vigorous prose, this is a challenging and original diplomatic history, that also considers the political and economic forces which made continental war inevitable.
contents
Introduction: The Great Power of Europe ; 1. The Diplomacy of Revolution, 1848 ; 2. The Diplomacy of Reaction, 1849-50 ; 3. The End of the Holy Alliance, 1852-3 ; 4. The Crimean War, 1854-6 ; 5. The Congress of Paris and its Consequences, 1856-8 ; 6. The Italian War and the Disruption of the Settlement of Vienna, 1858-61 ; 7. The Polish Crisis and the End of the Franco-Russian Entente, 1861-3 ; 8. Bismarck's Wars: The Defeat of Austria, 1864-6 ; 9. The Isolation of France, 1866-70 ; 10. The End of French Primacy, 1870-5 ; 11. The Great Eastern Crisis, 1875-8 ; 12. Bismarck's Alliances, 1879-82 ; 13. The Breakdown of 'The Liberal Alliance' and its Consequences, 1882-5 ; 14. The Triumph of Diplomacy: The Bulgarian Crisis, 1885-7 ; 15. The Making of the Franco-Russian Alliance, 1888-94 ; 16. The Abortive Continental League, 1894-7 ; 17. The Era of 'World Policy', 1897-1902 ; 18. The Last Years of British Isolation: The Making of the Anglo-French Entente, 1902-5 ; 19. The Formation of the Triple Entente, 1905-9 ; 20. The Years of Anglo-German Hostility, 1909-12 ; 21. The Balkan Wars and After, 1912-14 ; 22. The Outbreak of the War in Europe, 1914 ; 23. The Diplomacy of War, 1914-18 ; Bibliography ; Index
