Rumors of the Great War: The British Press and Anglo-German Relations during the July Crisis

Nathan N. Orgill

doi:10.5771/9781498559737

Summary

This study examines the role of British newspapers during the July Crisis of 1914. The author argues that decision-makers in Berlin and London framed their policies on a reading of the British press, which expressed deep skepticism about involvement in a general European war after the Sarajevo murders. British newspapers and journalists encouraged German hopes for British neutrality, as well as the indecisive nature of Sir Edward Grey's foreign policy in 1914, helping spark the Great War.

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-5972-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-5973-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 262
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures and Tables No access
3. List of Abbreviations No access
4. Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
1. The New Journalism and the British Press No access
2. Coordination by “Cliquism” No access
3. The Bülow-Hammann System of Public Relations No access
4. Notes No access
1. The Immediate Reaction to the Assassination No access
2. Austro-German Decision-Making after the Sarajevo Murders No access
3. Austro-German Public Relations and the Press in Mid-July No access
4. Notes No access
1. European Decision-Making in Mid-July No access
2. The Ultimatum to Serbia and its Reception in the British Press No access
3. Russian Mobilization and British Public Opinion in the July Crisis No access
4. Notes No access
1. “Evident Wavering”: British Decision-Making in 1914 No access
2. A Drawn-Out Misunderstanding: Germany and British Neutrality No access
3. Notes No access
Conclusion No access Pages 219 - 232
Appendix: Tables No access Pages 233 - 236
Bibliography No access Pages 237 - 250
Index No access Pages 251 - 260
About the Author No access Pages 261 - 262