Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Prefatory Note v
3. Contents vii
4. Introduction ix
5. PART I. Systems, Games, and Players
6. 1. The Origin of the Russo-Japanese War 3
7. 2. Russia, the Straits Question, and the European Powers, 1904–1908 46
8. 3. The 1908 Prelude to the World War 76
9. 4. Russia, the Straits Question and the Origins of the Balkan League, 1908–1912 91
10. 5. Bismarck as a Dramatist 128
11. 6. Red Rag and Gallic Bull: The French Decision for War, 1870 147
12. PART II. Imperialism Old and New
13. 7. A Critique of Imperialism 167
14. 8. The Struggle for the Nile 185
15. 9. Alliance System and League 200
16. 10. The Revival of Imperialism 208
17. 11. Tribulations of Empire: The Mediterranean Problem 213
18. 12. When German Dreams Come True 227
19. 13. Farewell to Empire 244
20. PART III. The United States as a World Power
21. 14. The Faith of Woodrow Wilson 263
22. 15. The American Attitude Towards Europe: An Historical Approach 267
23. 16. Political Problems of a Coalition 313
24. 17. Scholarship and the Intelligence Problem 330
25. 18. American Objectives 335
26. 19. Woodrow Wilson: His Education in World Affairs 348
27. PART IV. Explorations in New Terrain
28. 20. The Rise of the Ottoman Turks and Its Historical Background 361
29. 21. The Historian and the Present 399
30. 22. The Next Assignment 408
31. 23. Europe’s Initial Population Explosion 433
32. 24. The Pattern of Urban Revolution in 1848 452
33. Retrospective
34. 25. The Wellspring of Our Discontents 481
35. Chronological List of William L. Langer’s Publications 497
36. Index 501