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Authors: Margaret MacMillan

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and the first Hague Peace Conference
279
,
281
,
282
growth of power
373
imperialism in Africa
131
imports and exports
269
–70
industries
37
–38,
55
insecurities and ambitions as a rising world power
54
–55
investment
13
,
87
isolation in Europe
120
Japan declares war on Germany (1914)
597
labour unrest
67
league for German youth
261
Mahan’s theories
88
–89
mobilisation
497
–8,
566
,
567
,
568
,
570
,
574
,
577
,
584
, P1.
30
national debt
121
old institutions in
165
and Ottoman Empire
99
,
185
,
378
,
456
–57,
494
Paris Universal Exposition
2
patriotism in education
250
–51
peace movement
274
political system
68
–69
population
xxvi
–xxvii,
67
,
145
,
254
,
480
,
547
post-war indemnity to France
137
protective tariffs
99
,
185
,
223
Reinsurance Treaty with Russia
74
,
79
,
137
,
146
,
147
relations with Austria-Hungary
xxxi
,
22
,
146
,
197
,
198
,
200
,
202
–3,
214
,
220
,
222
–24,
225
,
334
,
425
,
492
relations with Britain
35
,
44
–45,
47
,
50
,
51
–59,
75
–76,
78
,
79
,
83
–84,
99
,
103
–4,
113
,
114
–15,
120
,
122
,
124
,
129
,
130
,
145
,
151
,
158
,
252
,
253
,
312
,
315
,
321
,
367
,
375
,
423
,
436
,
458
,
479
,
492
relations with France
6
,
126
,
145
,
252
,
253
–55,
312
,
333
,
357
,
364
,
415
,
477
–78,
492
relations with Russia
75
–76,
79
,
152
,
184
–85,
312
,
357
–58,
407
–8,
419
,
471
,
494
,
495
reparations issue
xxx
Russia goes to war with
xxiv
in Russo-Japanese War
184
and second Hague Peace Conference
283
,
284
similarities between German and English peoples
52
–53
socialist movement
69
,
78
and Spithead naval review
27
spread of franchise
263
stand-off between crown and parliament
231
–32
strikes in
67
–68
taxation
417
trade
13
,
55
,
67
,
87
trade unions
67
–68
in Triple Alliance
xxix
,
38
,
45
,
74
,
75
,
78
,
147
,
187
,
196
,
216
,
221
,
222
,
312
,
493
ultimatum to France
575
ultimatum to Russia
575
unification (1871)
2
,
51
–2,
52
,
67
,
200
,
271
,
306
,
418
, P1.
4
and Venezuela crisis
151
veterans associations
249
,
259
Wandervogel
240
welfare state
9
,
67
Gibraltar
157
,
499
Giesl von Gieslingen, Baron Wladimir
534
,
536
,
538
,
539
Giolitti, Giovanni
432
,
434
Girl Guides
260
Gladstone, William Ewart
33
–34,
39
,
490
Gołuchowski, Count Agenor
216
,
223
–24,
226
,
227
,
280
,
383
Gordon, General Charles
132
Goremykin, Ivan
474
,
550
,
552
Goschen, Sir Edward
56
,
435
,
469
,
579
,
590
Goschen, Lord, First Lord of the Admiralty
36
Gourmont, Remy de
139
Grace, W.G.
30
Grandmaison, Colonel Louis de
308
–9,
347
Graves, Robert
53
Great Game
40
,
194
Great War
balance tilts against Germany
595
casualty statistics
xix
,
xx
,
xxiii
family connections to
xxi
German invasion (1914)
302
–3
Isonzo Front
219
Japan declares war on Germany (1914)
597
losses
597
ordnance still buried in battlefields
xxi
Russian summer offensive
596
starts in Sarajevo with archduke’s assassination
see under
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke
a two-front war
xviii
,
22
,
323
,
326
,
478
,
564
Greater Serbia
389
,
390
,
401
,
409
,
410
,
440
,
530
,
531
Greece
199
,
225
–26,
245
,
333
,
380
,
381
,
386
,
437
,
440
,
505
Bulgaria attacks (1913)
462
in Great War
597
response to Serbia’s plea for support
537
stirring up resistance
442
treaty with Bulgaria
443
–44
and Triple Alliance
575
Grey, George
424
Greek army
502
Grey, Lady Dorothy
366
,
367
Grey, Sir Edward
xxvii
,
273
,
375
,
400
,
419
,
426
,
479
,
486
,
498
, P1.
25
, P1.
26
ambassador to the United States
603
appearance
365
and the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum
538
,
556
,
557
and the Balkan issue
403
,
447
,
467
,
554
beliefs on foreign policy
366
–67
and Cambon
364
,
500
–501,
579
,
580
wants to maintain the Entente
364
,
365
agreement with Russia
194
,
195
,
196
chairs London conference of ambassadors
458
–59
Committee of Imperial Defence
374
conservatism
365
Crowe’s memorandum
115
–16
education
365
–66
and the Entente
370
,
371
forced to accept a degree of control by the Cabinet
428
and Franz Ferdinand’s assassination
543
and German colonial demands
424
House of Commons speech
587
–88
and Italian invasion of Libya
434
on the Kaiser
126
last months of the peace
496
marriage
366
and military talks
371
,
372
,
500
–501
proposals after the declaration of war
555
and relations with Germany
406
–7,
423
tries to get Serbian deadline extended
557
on Triple Entente
497
Grey, George
424
Grimoin-Sanson, Raoul
7
Groener, General William
299
,
310
,
323
,
326
,
525
,
577
Gulf States
165
–66

H

Habsburg family
2
,
3
,
11
,
179
,
203
,
204
,
207
,
213
,
214
,
275
,
464
,
518
,
598
Habsburgs
389
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
1
,
448
Hague Convention (1899)
281
Hague international peace conferences
509
first (1899)
271
,
279
–82
second (1907)
282
–84
Haldane, Lord
277
,
367
,
374
,
458
,
479
,
489
,
508
,
525
,
556
Hamburg
(steamer)
353
–54
Hamilton, Lord George
33
,
47
–48
Hamilton, General Sir Ian
259
Hammann, Otto
528
Harbin (Heilongjiang), China
162
Harden, Maximilian
244
,
369
Hardie, Keir
276
,
290
Hardinge, Sir Charles
114
,
115
,
122
,
123
,
124
,
177
,
394
,
410
Hartwig, Nicholas
410
,
442
–43,
450
,
534
,
546
Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco
153
Hatzfeldt, Paul
56
,
58
,
99
Havas
511
Hawaiian islands, US control of
16
,
40
Hay, John
274
Heligoland
93
,
94
Henty, G.A.
250
Hereros
260
Hesse-Darmstadt
175
Hindenburg, Paul von
599
,
603
Hitler, Adolf
xxxi
,
248
,
589
,
603
,
604
,
605
Hobbes, Thomas
247

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