Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS ix
4. NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS xvi
5. CHAPTER I. THE QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE WAR OF 1870 1
6. CHAPTER II. THE HOHENZOLLERN CANDIDACY 10
7. CHAPTER III. THE CRISIS. FIRST PHASE. JULY 3-8, 1870 27
8. CHAPTER IV. THE CRISIS. SECOND PHASE. JULY 9-12 48
9. CHAPTER V. THE RENUNCIATION. JULY 12 64
10. CHAPTER VI. THE EMS INCIDENTS AND THE 'EMS TELEGRAM.' JULY 13 81
11. CHAPTER VII. THE FINAL DECISIONS. JULY 14-15 107
12. DOCUMENTS FROM THE GERMAN ARCHIVES 119
13. APPENDIX I. AUSTRIAN AND SPANISH DESPATCHES FROM BERLIN OF JULY, 1870 258
14. APPENDIX II 267
15. APPENDIX III. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MARSHALL PRIM AND THE PRINCES OF HOHENZOLLERN-SIGMARINGEN 269
16. APPENDIX IV 276
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 283
18. INDEX 289