A Diplomatic History of Europe Since the Congress of Vienna

Preface1/The search for equilibrium, 1815-70c1. Introduction: Europe in 1815. Diplomacy & the relations among states. The settlement of Vienna. The forces of the futurec2. The restoration period: The concert of Europe. The revolutions of 1830. Mediterranean problems. Extra-European developmentsc3. The mid-century crisis: Europe in mid-century. The revolutions in France, Italy & Austria. The revolution in the Germanies. The balance sheet of 1848c4. Successes of nationalism: The Eastern question. The unification of Italy. Some secondary issues. Europe & the making of Germany2/The era of stability, 1871-1914c5. The period as a whole: Some general characteristics of the period. The individual powers and their problems. The sources of informationc6. The Bismarckian period, 1871-90: The first Dreikaiserbund & the recovery of France. The Near Eastern question, 1875-78. Bismarck's new system of alliances, 1879-82. Beginnings of the new imperialism. The end of the Bismarckian systemc7. The realignment of power, 1890-1904: The Franco-Russian alliance. Imperial rivalries & the isolation of Britain. Fashoda: the Anglo-French showdown. Britain reconsiders isolation. Emergence of a new alignment of powerc8. The road to war, 1904-14: Germany & the Anglo-French entente. The Triple Entente. The Bosnian annexation crisis. The 2nd Moroccan Crisis & its aftermath. The Near Eastern question again3/The 20th-century transitionc9. Introduction: The 20th-century world: The realignment of power. The underlying forces of changec10. The First World War & the ensuing settlements: The July crisis. The diplomacy of the war. The diplomacy of the peace. Europe & the world in 1920c11. The false recovery & the era of illusions, 1920-30: The end of the wartime alliance or the Anglo-French duel. The search for stability. The seeming triumph of collective securityc12. The return to reality, 1930-36: The political importance of economics. Europe & Nazi Germany. The end of the Versailles systemc13. Preparations for war, 1936-39: The realignment of power. The year 1938: Germany begins to move. The end of the "long armistice"c14. The 2nd World War & its immediate aftermath, 1939-47: The European war. The war becomes worldwide. The diplomacy of the war. Between war & peacec15. The Cold War: The hardening of rival positions. The tentative relaxation of uneasy coexistenceBibliographyIndex of NamesIndex of Subjects