Introduction: The great powers of Europe
The diplomacy of revolution, 1848
The diplomacy of revolution, 1849-50
The end of the holy alliance, 1852-3
The Congress of Paris and its consequences, 1856-8
The Italian war and the disruption of the settlement of Vienna, 1858-61
The Polish crisis, and the end of the Franco-Russian Entente, 1861-3
Bismarck's wars: the defeat of Austria, 1864-6
The isolation of France, 1866-70
The end of French primacy, 1870-5
The great eastern crisis, 1875-8
Bismarck's alliances, 1879-82
The breakdown of 'the liberal alliance' and its consequences, 1882-5
The triumph of diplomacy: the Bulgarian crisis, 1885-7
The making of the Franco-Russian alliance, 1888-94
The abortive continental league, 1894-7
The era of 'world policy', 1897-1902
The last years of British isolation: the making of the Anglo-French entente, 1902-5
The formation of the triple entente, 1905-9
The years of Anglo-German hostility, 1909-12
The Balkan wars and after, 1912-14
The outbreak of war in Europe, 1914
The diplomacy of war, 1914-18.
