Dreadnought : Britain, Germany and the coming of the Great War /: Britain, Germany and the coming of the Great War. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert K. Massie.
• Authors: Massie, Robert K, 1929-2019
• Contents: Cover; Welcome Page; Contents; Map; Dedication; Trafalgar; Introduction: Sea Power; Part 1: The German Challenge; Chapter 1: Victoria and Bertie; Chapter 2: Vicky and Willy; Chapter 3: "Blood and Iron"; Chapter 4: Bismarck's Grand Design; Chapter 5: The New Course: Kaiser William II, Caprivi, and Hohenlohe; Chapter 6: "The Monster of the Labyrinth"; Chapter 7: Bülow and Weltmacht; Chapter 8: "Ships of My Own"; Chapter 9: Tirpitz and the German Navy Laws; Part 2: The End of Splendid Isolation; Chapter 10: Lord Salisbury; Chapter 11: The Jameson Raid and the Kruger Telegram; Chapter 12: "Joe." Chapter 13: FashodaChapter 14: Samoa and William's Visit to Windsor; Chapter 15: The Boer War and the Boxer Rebellion; Chapter 16: The "Khaki Election" and the Death of Queen Victoria; Chapter 17: The End of Anglo-German Alliance Negotiations; Chapter 18: Arthur Balfour; Chapter 19: Joseph Chamberlain and Imperial Preference; Chapter 20: Lord Lansdowne and the Anglo-French Entente; Chapter 21: The Morocco Crisis of 1905; Part 3: The Navy; Chapter 22: From Sail to Steam; Chapter 23: Jacky Fisher; Chapter 24: Ut Veniant Omnes; Chapter 25: First Sea Lord. Chapter 26: The Building of the DreadnoughtChapter 27: Lord Charles Beresford; Chapter 28: Fisher Versus Beresford; Part 4: Britain and Germany: Politics and Growing Tension, 1906-1910; Chapter 29: Campbell-Bannerman: The Liberals Return to Power; Chapter 30: The Asquiths, Henry and Margot; Chapter 31: Sir Edward Grey and Liberal Foreign Policy; Chapter 32: The Anglo-Russian Entente and the Bosnian Crisis; Chapter 33: The Navy Scare of 1909; Chapter 34: Invading England; Chapter 35: The Budget and the House of Lords; Chapter 36: The Eulenburg Scandal; Chapter 37: The Daily Telegraph Interview. Chapter 38: Naval Talks and Bethmann-HollwegPart 5: The Road to Armageddon; Chapter 39: Agadir; Chapter 40: "I Do Believe That I Am a Glowworm"; Chapter 41: Churchill at the Admiralty; Chapter 42: The Haldane Mission; Chapter 43: Naval Estimates and a "Naval Holiday"; Chapter 44: "The Anchors Held. ... We Seemed to Be Safe"; Chapter 45: The Coming of Armageddon: Berlin; Chapter 46: The Coming of Armageddon: London; Appendix: The Dreadnought Race 1905-1914; Picture Section; Notes; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; About this Book; Reviews; Also by Robert K. Massie; About the Author.
• Publisher Details: London : Head of Zeus Ltd
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (unpaged)
• Subjects: 940.3/11; History -- Military -- Naval; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; Politics and government; War -- Causes; Maritime history; History -- Military -- World War I; First World War; World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes; Germany -- History -- William II, 1888-1918; Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910; Europe -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918; Europe; Germany; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781781856680; 1781856680
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 03, 2016).
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