CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. CHAPTER I. THE BISMARCKIAN SYSTEM 1
5. CHAPTER II. THE DÉBUT OF WILLIAM II 26
6. CHAPTER III. THE NEW COURSE 69
7. CHAPTER IV. THE NEAR EASTERN PROBLEM AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN ENTENTE 82
8. CHAPTER V. THE MEDITERRANEAN PROBLEM AND THE POSITION OF ITALY 110
9. CHAPTER VI. THE RENEWAL OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE 137
10. CHAPTER VII. CRONSTADT AND THE ENTENTE OF AUGUST 1891 170
11. CHAPTER VIII. PEACE OR WAR? 207
12. CHAPTER IX. ALLIANCE OR FLIRTATION? 235
13. CHAPTER X. SHADES OF THE PAST 270
14. CHAPTER XI. TOULON AND TARANTO 311
15. CHAPTER XII. THE AFTERMATH OF TOULON 350
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 419
17. INDEX 441