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Part One:
The road to war, 1850 - 1914
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The seven chapters of this part of the Web site outline the major events in the build-up to World War One. It is not a
comprehensive history of the war and its causes, but an outline of events, intended to provide a glimpse of the world that the Woods lived and died in. Where appropriate, the historical narrative is supplemented by a brief timeline, highlighting
significant events in the Woods' lives. |
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1850-1871 : "Splendid Isolation" and the Unification Of Germany |
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1872-1890 : Otto von Bismarck and the Triple Alliance |
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1890-1898 : Imperial Germany - Colonial Expansion and the Navy Law |
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1899-1901 : The Boer War |
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1902-1908 : The Triple Entente |
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1909-1911 : The Naval Armaments Race |
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1912-1913 : The Balkan Wars |
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1914 : "Some Damned Foolish thing in the Balkans" |
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Acknowledgement: The major sources for these chapters are:
1. "Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the coming of the
Great War" by Robert K. Massie (pub. Random House, 1991)
2. "Triple Alliance and Triple Entente" by Bernadotte E. Schmitt (Howard Fertig, 1971 - orig edition 1934).
3. "Sarajevo: A Study in the Origins of the Great War" by R.W.Seton-Watson
(Howard Fertig, 1973 - orig 1926).
4. "The Schlieffen Plan" by Gerhard Ritter (Praeger, 1958 - orig German edition, 1956).
5. "The First World War - A Complete History" by Martin Gilbert (Henry Holt & Co, 1994)
6. "The Boer War" by Thomas
Pakenham (Random House, 1979).
7. "A Map History of the Modern World" by Brian Catchpole (Heinemann, 1978).
Sources of secondary importance are:
1. "The Politics of the Prussian Army, 1640-1945" by Gordon A. Craig (Oxford University Press,
1973; orig 1955).
2. "The Kaiser, Warlord of the Second Reich" by Alan Palmer (Scribner, 1978).
3. "Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman" by AJP Taylor (Knopf, 1955).
4. "Bismarck" by Alan Palmer (Scribner, 1976)
5. "Nicholas and
Alexandra" by Robert K. Massie (Gollancz, 1992). |
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Disclaimer: In some parts of these chapters, you will find England/Great Britain and English/British used as synonyms: this is
because I am reflecting the usage of the original statesmen being quoted, not because I don't know the difference. |
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To Part Two: The Great War |
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To Part Three: Wood Family Biographies |
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