Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Foreword x
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I: European Statescraft and the Question of War and Peace before 1914
8. Chapter 1. Stealing Horses to Great Applause: Austria-Hungary’s Decision in 1914 in Systemic Perspective 15
9. Chapter 2. Did Norms Matter in Nineteenth-Century International Relations? Progress and Decline in the “Culture of Peace” before World War I 43
10. Chapter 3. Aggressive and Defensive Aims of Political Elites? Austro-Hungarian Policy in 1914 61
11. Chapter 4. The Curious Case of the Kaiser’s Disappearing War Guilt: Wilhelm II in July 1914 75
12. Part II: The Military Situation before 1914: Europe between Hot and Cold War
13. Chapter 5. Chances and Limits of Armament Control 1898–1914 93
14. Chapter 6. Was a Peaceful Outcome Thinkable? The Naval Race before 1914 113
15. Chapter 7. Was a Peaceful Outcome Thinkable? The European Land Armaments Race before 1914 130
16. Chapter 8. The German and Austro-Hungarian General Staff s and their Reflections on an “Impossible” War 149
17. Part III: Hopes and Fears of War and Peace: Subjective Expectations and Unspoken Assumptions in European Societies before 1914
18. Chapter 9. The Topos of Improbable War in Europe before 1914 159
19. Chapter 10. Unfought Wars: The Eff ect of Détente before World War I 183
20. Chapter 11. “War Enthusiasm?” Public Opinion and the Outbreak of War in 1914 200
21. Chapter 12. Education for War, Peace, and Patriotism in Russia on the Eve of World War I 213
22. Part IV: Culture, Gender, Religiosity, And The Coming Of War
23. Chapter 13. Honor, Gender, and Power: The Politics of Satisfaction in Pre-War Europe 231
24. Chapter 14. International Solidarity in European and North American Protestantism before 1914 and after 256
25. Chapter 15. International Relations, Arts, and Culture before 1914 271
26. Part V: The Perspective from Afar: The Outbreak of War in Europe in the Eyes of Other Continents
27. Chapter 16. War as the Savior? Hopes for War and Peace in Ottoman Politics 285
28. Chapter 17. The View from Japan: War and Peace in Europe around 1914 303
29. Chapter 18. War, Peace, and Commerce: The American Reaction to the Outbreak of World War I in Europe 320
30. Contributors 335
31. Selected Bibliography 341
32. Index of Names 361