The Arming of Europe and the Making of the First World War - Rilegato

Herrmann, David G.

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ISBN 10: 0691033749 ISBN 13: 9780691033747

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1995

Riassunto

David Herrmann's work is the most complete study to date of how land-based military power influenced international affairs during the series of diplomatic crises that led up to the First World War. Instead of emphasizing the naval arms race, which has been extensively studied before, Herrmann draws on documentary research in military and state archives in Germany, France, Austria, England, and Italy to show the previously unexplored effects of changes in the strength of the European armies during this period. Herrmann's work provides not only a contribution to debates about the causes of the war but also an account of how the European armies adopted the new weaponry of the twentieth century in the decade before 1914, including quick-firing artillery, machine guns, motor transport, and aircraft.

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Recensione:

Winner of the 1996 Paul Birdsall Prize, American Historical Association
"Herrmann argues that the dynamic element which upset the European balance was the change in statesmen's perceptions of the military strengths and weaknesses of their neighbors between 1904 and 1914....A good book [that] draws on evidence from French, German, Austrian, Italian, and British archives."--David French, The Times Literary Supplement

"A valuable and long-overdue book. . . . It offers a far more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of military organizations as they faced the calamity of the First World War. A first-rate piece of work."--Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs

L'autore:

David G. Herrmann is Assistant Professor of History at Tulane University.

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• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0691033749
• ISBN 13: 9780691033747
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 307