The Diplomatic Background of the War 1870 to 1914

Seymour attempts to show the inevitability of war, in light of events, in the decades immediately preceding the outbreak. The chapter included are: Bismarck and the Triple Alliance; The Dual Alliance; German World Policy: Economic Factors; German World Policy: Moral Factors; British Foreign Policy; The Diplomatic Revolution; The Conflict of Alliances; The Near Eastern Question; The Balkan Wars; The Crisis of 1914; and The Diplomatic Break.