Stealing horses to great applause : the origins of the First World War reconsidered / Paul W. Schroeder.

Author/creator Schroeder, Paul W. author.
Format Book
PublicationLondon ; New York : Verso, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxviii, 364 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Origins of the First World War reconsidered
Contents World War I as Galloping Gertie : A Reply to Joachim Remak -- International Politics, Peace and War, 1815-1914 -- Embedded Counterfactuals and World War I as an Unavoidable War -- Stealing Horses to Great Applause : Austria-Hungary's Decision in 1914 in Systemic Perspective -- World War I and the Vienna System : The Last Eighteenth-Century War and the First Modern Peace -- Romania and the Great Powers before 1914 -- Prudence vs Recklessness : Assessing Responsibility for World War I -- World War I : A Tragedy, not a Pity -- A. J. P. Taylor's International System.
Abstract "Theoretical and empirical explanation of the origins of the First World War"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Schroeder, Paul W. Stealing horses to great applause London ; New York : Verso, 2024 9781804295816
LCCN 2024024409
ISBN9781804295793
ISBN1804295795 (hardback)
ISBN(ebook)

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