1.3 The “Willy-Nicky” Telegrams

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Maps x
5. Timeline of Major Events xv
6. Brief Biographies of Important Figures Mentioned in the Text xvii
7. Introduction 1
8. One: Causes
9. Primary
10. 1.1 The Great Illusion, 1910 23
11. 1.2 Germany and the Next War 35
12. 1.3 The “Willy-Nicky” Telegrams 46
13. Secondary
14. 1.4 The Circus Rider of Europe 50
15. 1.5 The Army and the Nationalist Revival 71
16. Two: Soldiers
17. Primary
18. 2.1 The Good Soldier Schweik 89
19. 2.2 Her Privates We 97
20. 2.3 A Soldier’s Notebook 109
21. Secondary
22. 2.4 Officer-Man Relations: The Other Ranks’ Perspective 123
23. 2.5 “War Enthusiasm”: Volunteers, Departing Soldiers, and Victory Celebrations 148
24. 2.6 Foch’s General Counteroffensive, Part I: 26 September to 23 October 1918 158
25. Three: Armageddon
26. Primary
27. 3.1 The Destruction of Louvain 173
28. 3.2 The Historic First of July 184
29. Secondary
30. 3.3 Between Mutiny and Obedience 195
31. 3.4 The Live and Let Live System 208
32. Four: Home Fronts
33. Primary
34. 4.1 Letters from a Lost Generation 225
35. 4.2 An English Wife in Berlin 243
36. Secondary
37. 4.3 Home Fires Burning 252
38. 4.4 The Politics of Race 272
39. Five: The End of the War
40. Primary
41. 5.1 The Fourteen Points 289
42. 5.2 Views on a Prospective Armistice 294
43. Secondary
44. 5.3 The Military Collapse of the German Empire 297
45. 5.4 Diggers and Doughboys Australian and American Troop Interaction on the Western Front, 1918 312
46. Six: Peace
47. Primary
48. 6.1 Peacemaking, 1919 323
49. 6.2 British Diplomacy: The Hussein-McMahon Letters 335
50. Secondary
51. 6.3 A Peace to End All Peace 340
52. 6.4 The Kings Depart 348
53. Further Reading 367
54. Index 371
55. About the Editor 375