This collection of essays by international experts in military history reassesses the war plans of 1914 in a broad diplomatic, military, and political setting.
The origins of the First World War remain one of the greatest twentieth century historical controversies. In this debate the role of military planning in partic
The existence of the Schlieffen plan has been one of the basic assumptions of twentieth-century military history. It was the perfect example of the evils of Ger
When a Serbian-backed assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, the world seemed unmoved. Even Ferdinand's own uncle, Franz Josef I, was
Germany's Schlieffen Plan of the First World War is much talked of but little understood. Translations of primary sources recently available clarify the issues