The Struggle for Mastery in Europe
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1848-1918
A. J. P. Taylor
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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
