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"Europe is trembling": R. Churchill 1969:1987–88

"a document . . . so formidable": Great Britain 1915:30–31

Lichnowsky reported: Kautsky 1924:184–85

189 "did not aim at a territorial gain": Albertini 1952 II:378

190 "Then it is war": Ibid.

"You are setting fire to Europe": Ibid.:291

191 "Russia is rapidly becoming": Evans and Strandmann 1990:76

"saw their position": Ibid.:77

"ten states": Ibid.

"242,000 were on strike": Ibid.

192 "enough for all": Massie 1996:186

193 "in strict confidence": Kautsky 1924:180

"unable to counsel Vienna": Ibid.

Berchtold an "Ass!": Ibid.:182

194 Hayne tells us: Hayne 1993:294–95

"an . . . internal affair": Geiss 1967:180

CHAPTER 31: SERBIA MORE OR LESS ACCEPTS

195 A "pretty strong note": Görlitz 1961:5

"to express his despair": Albertini 1952 II:348

196 Ballin . . . "disappointment" . . . "joy": Fischer 1975:464–65

197 "demands could bring about": Geiss 1967:200–201; Albertini 1952 II:372

198 "Bravo! One would not have believed it": Kautsky 1924:186

"neither London . . . wants war": Evans and Strandmann 1990:102

CHAPTER 32: SHOWDOWN IN BERLIN

201 reports of the Saxon and Bavarian: Berghahn 1993:212

202 "the almost complete destruction of Moltke's papers 'precludes formal connection' ": Mombauer 2001:186

"would be pleased if war were to come": Ibid.:187

"an opportunity rather than a threat": Ibid.

203 Russia's mobilization . . . smaller scale: Ibid.:200

204 As Conrad saw it. . . Austria would crush Serbia: W. Churchill 1931:120–26

"the most modern in Europe": Keegan 1999:77–78

CHAPTER 33: JULY 26

206 "official hours . . . twelve to six": Steiner 1969:12

207 "War is thought imminent": Albertini 1952 II:390

"Russia cannot allow Austria": Ibid.

"Russia is trying to drag us": Brock and Brock 1985:125–26

208 "he thought there would be peace": Riddell 1986:84

"Only a calendar of events": Steiner 1977:219

"a European forum": Albertini 1952 II:404

209 "Berlin is playing with us": Geiss 1967:235

210 In Conrad's account: Ibid.:227

He "urgently entreated" Germany: Kautsky 1924:220–21

211 Moltke . . . "very dissatisfied": Mombauer 2001:197

CHAPTER 34: JULY 27

212 "You have cooked the broth": Bülow 1931 II:184

213 Bethmann explained ". . . it is not possible for us to refuse": Fischer 1967:70

"If Germany candidly told Sir E. Grey": Geiss 1967:236

215 The press lord . . . among those present: Riddell 1986:85

"war . . . by no means impossible": R. Churchill 1969:1988

216 The small war . . . to a big one: Geiss 1967:239

"Our entire future relations with England": Ibid.:240

"it would never again be possible": Ibid.:241

"war is inevitable": Albertini 1952 II:416

"allow Russia to put herself in the wrong": Berghahn 1993:216

"Austro-Hungarian note was so drawn up": Great Britain 1915:74

CHAPTER 35: JULY 28

217 "It has now been decided to fight": Herwig 1997:26

218 "singularly favorable situation": Berghahn 1993:212

"every cause for war has vanished": Geiss 1967:256

"never have ordered a mobilization": Clark 2000:208

"Nevertheless, the piece of paper": Geiss 1967:256

The Austrians were to be told . . . no longer: Clark 2000:208–209

219 "Perhaps the most striking thing": Ibid.:209

"The Kaiser absolutely wants peace": Mombauer 2001:199

"made confused speeches": Clark 2000:208

"no longer had control": Herwig 1997:26

House . . . "military oligarchy" . . . "determined on war": Ensor 1936:484

220 Serbian troops had opened fire: Albertini 1952 II:460–61

"chiefly to frustrate . . . intervention": Kautsky 1924:243

221 "the frivolous provocation": Berghahn 1993:216

222 "upon a preparatory precautionary basis": R. Churchill 1967:692

"everything tends towards catastrophe": Ibid.:694

"It looks ominous": Brock and Brock 1985:161

CHAPTER 36: JULY 29

224 "Germany was likewise obliged to mobilize": Albertini 1952 II:499

"war which will annihilate the civilization": Ibid.:488–89

224 Chancellor . . . "had collapsed": Ibid.:495

225 "in order to keep England neutral": Ibid.:498

To his ambassador in Austria: Albertini 1952 III:1

226 "In order to prevent general catastrophe": Ibid.:2

"Who rules in Berlin?": Mombauer 2001:205

In diplomatic language: Albertini 1952 II:513–14

"We have been trying to accomplish this": Kautsky 1924:319–22

"unless Austria is willing": Ibid.:3i3

227 "England
alone":
Ibid.:319–22

"It is one of the ironies of the case": Brock and Brock 1985:132

"as darkness fell": W. Churchill 1923:212

CHAPTER 37: JULY 30

229 Stengers has shown: Wilson 1995:125

230 "all too late": Kautsky 1924:368

"It will hardly be possible . . . Russia's shoulders": Ibid.:372

"the incontrovertible suspicion": Ibid.

"behind my back": Albertini 1952 III:2

231 "I have got to mobilize as well!": Ibid.:3

could "remain mobile behind their frontier": Lieven 1983:146

"Right, that is it": Kautsky 1924:375; Cimbala 1996:389

232 "Russia does not intend to wage war": Berghahn 1993:217

"War must not be declared on Russia": Ibid.

"His changes of mood": Mombauer 2001:205

"Irresponsibility and weakness": Albertini 1952 III:34

233 "expectant and excited women": Bonham-Carter 1965:305

Viviani cabled: Wilson 1995:127

"in the precautionary measures": Albertini 1952 II:604

"the prospect very black today": Brock and Brock 1985:136

CHAPTER 38: JULY 31

234 Jules Cambon . . . cabled: Hayne 1993:293

Williamson suggests: Williamson 1991:207
n.
122

235 "the peace of Europe . . . maintained": Albertini 1952 III:37

"I thank you . . . for your mediation": Ibid.:56

"extraordinarily near to war": Ibid.:62

"There is still hope": Gilbert 1975:21

236 "keep out at almost all costs": Brock and Brock 1985:138

" 'We shall all be ruined' ": Riddell 1986:85

"very strong" . . . against intervention: Gilbert 1971:21

Churchill told Smith: Ibid.:22

CHAPTER 39: AUGUST I

237 "L1. George—all for peace": Brock and Brock 1985:140

"It is our whole future": R. Churchill 1969:701

238 "I am most profoundly anxious": Ibid.

"these measures do not mean war": Massie 1996:258

239 "Nobody today can have a notion": Mombauer 2001:206

" 'Then we simply deploy' ": Albertini 1952 III:172

240 "my heart would break": Ibid.: 176

"there must be some misunderstanding": Ibid.: 177

241 "War declared by Germany on Russia": Beaverbrook 1960:29

242 "one of my strangest experiences": Brock and Brock 1985:140

"I run to the War Ministry": Evans and Strandmann 1990:120

"The mood is brilliant": Ibid.

CHAPTER 40: AUGUST 2

244 We have no obligation: Brock and Brock 1985:146

suggestions "of a military-political nature": Geiss 1967:179 ff.

245 France and Russia already had commenced: Kautsky 1924:496

"a war of aggression": Ibid.:501

"the Grand Duchy is being occupied": Ibid.:482

"attack by the French": Ibid.:483

246 "The question as to whether": Ibid.

Britain was bound to come to its aid: Albertini 1952 III:410

CHAPTER 41: AUGUST 3

247 German forces had done so too: Kautsky 1924:527

"not a single French soldier": Ibid.

"with almost Austrian crassness": Brock and Brock 1985:148

248 according to Barbara Tuchman: Tuchman 1963:139

"Grey made a most remarkable speech": Jenkins 1966:329

Violet Asquith asked: Bonham-Carter 1965:312

CHAPTER 42: AUGUST 4

250 As A. J. P. Taylor tells us: Taylor 1965:2–3

"a panic in Berlin": Evans and Strandmann 1990:116

Moltke told Tirpitz: Ibid.

CHAPTER 43: SHREDDING THE EVIDENCE

251 suppression or destruction of evidence: Herwig 1997 and the Herwig chapter in Winter/Parker/Habeck 2000 are followed in this chapter.

253 Röhl . . . "discovered in a chest": Röhl 1973:17

CHAPTER 46: THE KEY TO WHAT HAPPENED

273 Fellner . . . "In this hard struggle": Wilson 1995:22

274 "There was certainly no logic": Howard 2002:28

CHAPTER 48: WHO COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT?

284 why, since "War had been avoided": Joll 1992:234

CHAPTER 50: COULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN?

293 "the nations slithered": Mombauer 2002:95

"the unleashing of the First World War": Aron 1990:275

CHAPTER 52: AUSTRIA'S WAR

301 no longer was a military great power: Keegan 1999:170

it had lost 1,268,000 men: Ibid.

"If only I knew for what": Herwig 1997:91

"cost him . . . Gina": Ibid.:92

"I have no home": Ibid.:96

302 "would have had me shot": Ibid.:94

CHAPTER 53: GERMANY'S WAR

305
"this war which I prepared":
Mombauer 2001:281

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