Part 1 The General Framework: The Reich and European Diplomacy; Chapter 1 The Second German Empire-Historical Background and Social Structure; Chapter 2 The Pattern of European Diplomacy, 1871-1914; Part 2 German Foreign Policy in the Pre-Imperialist Era, 1871-95; Chapter 3 From the Founding of the German Empire to the Congress of Berlin, 1871-8; Chapter 4 Dual and Triple Alliance, 1879-82; Chapter 5 Colonial Expansion as a First Step Towards Imperialism, 1882-5; Chapter 6 The Tangle of Alliances, 1885-90; Chapter 7 The ‘New Course’-Years of Indecision, 1890-5; Part 3 ‘Weltpolitik’ and No War- 1896-1912; Chapter 8 The Emergence of ‘Weltpolitik’, From Domestic Policy, 1896-8; Chapter 9 The Diplomacy of ‘Weltpolitik’, 1897-1902; Chapter 10 The Beginning of Germany's Containment, 1902-6; Chapter 11 Triple Entente and the Bosnian Crisis, 1907-9; Part 4 The Coming of War, 1909-14; Chapter 12 ‘Encirclement’ and Germany's Self-Isolation; Chapter 13 Germany's Political Offensive Against ‘Encirclement’, 1909-12; Chapter 14 The Decision to go to War, January to 8 December 1912; Chapter 15 Preparing For War, December 1912 - June 1914; Part 5 Germany's War of Aggression and Conquest; Chapter 16 Germany's War of Aggression: The Crisis and the Outbreak of War, 28 June - 4 August 1914; Chapter 17 Germany's War of Conquest: German War Aims, 1914;