The century since the end of the Napoleonic wars had been the most peaceful era Europe had known since the fall of the Roman Empire. From the author of Paris 1919 comes a piece of narrative nonfiction, a portrait of Europe from 1900 up to the outbreak of World War I. illuminates the political, cultural, and economic factors and contributing personalities that shaped major events. This work presents a narrative portrait of Europe in the years leading up to World War I that. has a child for king!" : Wilhelm II and Germany - Weltpolitik: Germany's place on the world stage - Dreadnought: the Anglo-German naval rivalry - Unlikely friends: the Entente Cordiale between France and Britain - The bear and the whale: Russia and Great Britain - The loyalty of the Nibelungs: the dual alliance of Austria-Hungary and Germany - What were they thinking? : hopes, fears, ideas, and unspoken assumptions - Dreaming of peace - Thinking about war - Making the plans - The crises start: Germany, France, and Morocco - The Bosnian crisis: confrontation between Russia and Austria-Hungary in the Balkans - 1911, the year of discords: Morocco again - The first Balkan Wars - Preparing for war or peace: Europe's last months of peace - Assassination at Sarajevo - The end of the Concert of Europe: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia - Turning out the lights: Europe's last week of peace - The War. War or peace? - Europe in 1900 - Great Britain and splendid isolation - "Woe to the country that.
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