The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918

The system of international repression ended with the fall of Metternich in 1848. The conflicting ideals of international revolution and collective security came into being with Lenin and Wilson in 1918. Nationalism, tempered by the Balance of Power, dominated Europe in the intervening seventyyears. Drawing on a wealth of diplomatic documents, A. J. P. Taylor examines the relations of the Great Powers, when Europe was still the centre of the world. Written in characteristically vigorous prose, this is a challenging and original diplomatic history, that also considers the political and economicforces which made continental war inevitable.

Introduction: The Great Power of Europe
The Diplomacy of Revolution, 1848
The Diplomacy of Reaction, 1849-50
The End of the Holy Alliance, 1852-34. The Crimean War, 1854-6
The Congress of Paris and its Consequences, 1856-8
The Italian War and the Disruption of the Settlement of Vienna, 1858-61
The Polish Crisis and the End of the Franco-Russian Entente, 1861-3
Bismarck's Wars: The Defeat of Austria, 1864-6
The Isolation of France, 1866-70
The End of French Primacy, 1870-5
The Great Eastern Crisis, 1875-812. Bismarck's Alliances, 1879-82
The Breakdown of 'The Liberal Alliance' and its Consequences, 1882-5
The Triumph of Diplomacy: The Bulgarian Crisis, 1885-7
The Making of the Franco-Russian Alliance, 1888-94
The Abortive Continental League, 1894-7
The Era of 'World Policy', 1897-1902
The Last Years of British Isolation: The Making of the Anglo-French Entente, 1902-5
The Formation of the Triple Entente, 1905-9
The Years of Anglo-German Hostility, 1909-12
The Balkan Wars and After, 1912-14
The Outbreak of the War in Europe, 1914
The Diplomacy of War, 1914-18
Bibliography
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