1. Origins of the war : Germany as a world power
Austria-Hungary and the Balkans
2. Willingly to war : War enthusiasm
Socialism and the international
The imaginings of intellectuals
3. The Western Front in 1914 : War plans
The battle of the frontiers
Problems, and some solutions
From the Aisne to the Yser
4. The Eastern Front in 1914 : War plans
5. The war in northern waters, 1914-1915 : Preparing for war
6. War in the Pacific, 1914-1917 : Oceanic security and the cruiser threat
The cruise of the German East Asiatic Squadron
7. The dark contininet: colonial confilict in sub-saharan Africa : War in Africa
8. Turkey's entry : The escape of the Goeben and the Breslau
Turkey's decision to join the central powers
Turkey's capacity for war
9. Germany's global strategy : Holy War
10. Financing the War : The Gold Standard
The loss of budgetary control
13. Industrial mobilization : Shell shortage
Raw materials, munitions production, and the central powers, 1914-1916
The munitions crisis and the Entente, 1914-1916
12. Conclusion: The ideas of 1914.
