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The sleepwalkers, how Europe went to war in 1914, Christopher Clark

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Includes bibliographic references and index

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The sleepwalkers

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Christopher Clark

how Europe went to war in 1914

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Roads to Sarajevo -- 1.Serbian Ghosts -- Murder in Belgrade -- `Irresponsible Elements' -- Mental Maps -- Separation -- Escalation -- Three Turkish Wars -- The Conspiracy -- Nikola Pasic Reacts -- 2.The Empire without Qualities -- Conflict and Equilibrium -- The Chess Players -- Lies and Forgeries -- Deceptive Calm -- Hawks and Doves -- pt. TWO One Continent Divided -- 3.The Polarization of Europe, 1887-1907 -- Dangerous Liaison: the Franco-Russian Alliance -- The Judgement of Paris -- The End of British Neutrality -- Belated Empire: Germany -- The Great Turning Point? -- Painting the Devil on the Wall -- 4.The Many Voices of European Foreign Policy -- Sovereign Decision-makers -- Who Governed in St Petersburg? -- Who Governed in Paris? -- Who Governed in Berlin? -- The Troubled Supremacy of Sir Edward Grey -- The Agadir Crisis of 1911 -- Soldiers and Civilians -- The Press and Public Opinion -- The Fluidity of Power --Contents note continued: 5.Balkan Entanglements -- Air Strikes on Libya -- Balkan Helter-skelter -- The Wobbler -- The Balkan Winter Crisis of 1912-13 -- Bulgaria or Serbia? -- Austria's Troubles -- The Balkanization of the Franco-Russian Alliance -- Paris Forces the Pace -- Poincare under Pressure -- 6.Last Chances: Detente and Danger, 1912-1914 -- The Limits of Detente -- `Now or Never' -- Germans on the Bosphorus -- The Balkan Inception Scenario -- A Crisis of Masculinity? -- How Open Was the Future? -- pt. THREE Crisis -- 7.Murder in Sarajevo -- The Assassination -- Flashbulb Moments -- The Investigation Begins -- Serbian Responses -- What Is to Be Done? -- 8.The Widening Circle -- Reactions Abroad -- Count Hoyos Goes to Berlin -- The Road to the Austrian Ultimatum -- The Strange Death of Nikolai Hartwig -- 9.The French in St Petersburg -- Count de Robien Changes Trains -- M. Poincare Sails to Russia -- The Poker Game -- 10.Ultimatum -- Austria Demands -- Serbia Responds --Contents note continued: A `Local War' Begins -- 11.Warning Shots -- Firmness Prevails -- `It's War This Time' -- Russian Reasons -- 12.Last Days -- A Strange Light Falls upon the Map of Europe -- Poincare Returns to Paris -- Russia Mobilizes -- The Leap into the Dark -- `There Must Be Some Misunderstanding' -- The Tribulations of Paul Cambon -- Britain Intervenes -- Belgium -- Boots