Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF PLATES vii
4. AUTHOR'S NOTE ix
5. Introduction: The Approach 3
6. Prologue: The Strange Events of 1875 11
7. Part I: The Background
8. 1 Russian Opinion and the War with Turkey 27
9. 2 Franco-Russian Relations, 1879-1880 40
10. 3 New Tsar—New Alliance 60
11. 4 A Bit About Personalities 87
12. Part II: The Bulgarian "Gdchis"
13. 5 Complications in Bulgaria 107
14. 6 The Unification of Bulgaria 124
15. 7 The Aftermath of Unification 142
16. 8 The Estrangement of 1886 159
17. 9 Katkov's Attack 178
18. 10 The End of Battenberg 194
19. 11 The Break Repaired 211
20. Part III: The Reinsurance Treaty: Giers vs. Katkov
21. 12 France in the Spectrum of Russian Finance 231
22. 13 Bismarck's Anxieties 247
23. 14 The Tsar's Crisis of Decision 258
24. 15 France and the Russo-German Crisis 278
25. 16 Russian Winter, 1887 301
26. 17 The Crisis Survived 321
27. Part IV: The Demise of the Bismarckian System
28. 18 The Aftermath of the Reinsurance Treaty 343
29. 19 The Ferdinand Documents 359
30. 20 The Deteriorating Three-Emperor Relationship 374
31. 21 Financial and Military Stirrings 391
32. 22 1889. The Russian Break with Germany 414
33. Conclusions 427
34. NOTES 441
35. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY 455
36. INDEX 467