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This book is an edited and annotated version of the journals kept by A. L. Kennedy of The Times who was responsible for writing most of the editorials on European affairs between 1932 and 1939. They provide details of his meetings with Mussolini, Hitler and others, explain the relationship between The Times, the British Government and the Foreign Office, and provide an illuminating insight into the support for "appeasement" and the origins of the Second World War.

James Joll's classic text is an ambitious and wide ranging analysis of the historical forces at work in the Europe of 1914, and the multitude of very different explanations which historians have advanced to explain the causes of one of the most significant events in modern history. In this new edition, Gordon Martel seamlessly weaves into the original text the enormous amount of new research that has been conducted by historians since the original text was published. This edition also includes a completely new introduction which analyses these new topics and arguments in detail and assesses...

Origins of the First World War summarizes the policies, issues and crises that brought Europe to war in 1914. Examining the strategic and political problems that confronted each of the great powers and the way in which social and economic factors influenced the decision-making process, Martel discusses the position of each power and their place in the system of alliances which dominated international politics.

The fourth edition has been revised and updated throughout to incorporate the body of new scholarship that has appeared since the hundredth anniversary of the...

James Joll's classic text is an ambitious and wide ranging analysis of the historical forces at work in the Europe of 1914, and the multitude of very different explanations which historians have advanced to explain the causes of one of the most significant events in modern history. In this new edition, Gordon Martel seamlessly weaves into the original text the enormous amount of new research that has been conducted by historians since the original text was published. This edition also includes a completely new introduction which analyses these new topics and arguments in detail and assesses...