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Covers the entire First World War from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles.

"We are provincials no longer," declared Woodrow Wilson on March 5, 1917, at his second inauguration. He spoke on the eve of America's entrance into World War I, just as Russia teetered between autocracy and democracy. In the face of turmoil in Europe, Wilson was determined to move America away from the isolationism that had defined the nation's foreign policy and to embrace an active role in shaping world affairs. Just ten days later, Tsar Nicholas...

'The Origins of the First World War' summarises and analyses the policies, issues and crises that produced the cataclysm of war in 1914. The position of each of the great powers is clearly explained, including their place in the system of alliances that dominated international politics.

Reveals in gripping detail how the crisis leading to World War I unfolded. Drawing upon fresh sources, it traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts among the main decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade.Examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914 and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short...