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28 June

Sarajevo 1914 - Versailles 1919: The War and Peace That Made the Modern World

Distributed for Haus Publishing

28 June

Sarajevo 1914 - Versailles 1919: The War and Peace That Made the Modern World

On June 28, 1919, the Peace Treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, five years to the day after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggered Europe’s precipitous descent into war. This war was the first conflict to be fought on a global scale. By its end in 1918, four empires had collapsed, and their minority populations, which had never before existed as independent entities, were encouraged to seek self-determination and nationhood.

Following on from Haus’s monumental thirty-two Volume series on the signatories of the Versailles peace treaty, The Makers of the Modern World, 28 June looks in greater depth at the smaller nations that are often ignored in general histories, and in doing so seeks to understand the conflict from a global perspective, asking not only how each of the signatories came to join the conflict but also giving an overview of the long-term consequences of their having done so.

412 pages | 2 maps | 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 | © 2014

History: Military History


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"28 June offers undergraduates and general readers a superb one-stop-shop book for the causes, influences on entry, and diplomatic finale of the First World War."
 

The Historian

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
 
1. Introduction
by Alan Sharp
Map 1: Europe 1914
 
28 June 1914: Assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
2. Serbia, Sarajevo and the Start of Conflict
By Dejan Djokic
 
28 July 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
3. The Dual Monarchy Stumbles into War
By Bryan Cartledge
 
1 August 1914: Germany declares war on Russia – part I
4. The Problem of Germany
By Alan Sharp
 
1 August 1914: Germany declares war on Russia – part II
5. From Steamroller to Empty Chair
By Charlotte Alston
 
3 August 1914: Germany declares war on France
6. How France Entered the First World War
By David Robin Watson
 
4 August 1914: Germany Invades Belgium
7. Belgium: the Victim
By Sally Marks
 
4 August 1914: Britain (and its empire) declare war on Germany – part I
8. Britain and the Outbreak of War
By Alan Sharp
 
4 August 1914: Britain (and its empire) declare war on Germany – part II
9. How the Empire Went to War
By Anthony Lentin
Map 2: Western Pacific Rim
 
23 August 1914: Japan declares war on Germany
10. The Chance of a Millennium
By Jonathan Clements
 
1 November 1914: Russia declares war on Turkey
11. The Ottomans’ Last War – and After
By Andrew Mango
Map 3: The Ottoman Empire 1914
 
23 May 1915: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
12. Neutrality or Intervention? Italy’s Long Road to War
By Spencer Di Scala
 
14 October 1915: Bulgaria declares war on Serbia
13. Bulgaria Choosing Sides
By Alan Sharp
Map 4: Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria 1912-23
 
9 March 1916: Germany declares war on Portugal
14. Portuguese Intervention
By Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses
 
5 June 1916: Arab revolt against the Ottomans begins
15. The Hejaz: On the Road to the Arab Rebellion
By Robert McNamara
Map 5: The Arab Revolt and its aftermath
 
30 August 1916: Turkey declares war on Romania
16. Romania Enters the War
By Keith Hitchins
 
6 April 1917: United States Congress declares war on Germany
17. America’s Road to War
By T.G. Fraser
 
7 April 1917: Cuba and Panama declare war on Germany
18. Central America, the Caribbean and the First World War
By Irene Fattacciu
 
13 April to 7 December 1917: South America and the First World War
19. In the Grasp of the United States
By Edoardo Braschi
 
27 June 1917: Greece declares war on Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and Turkey
20. Greece and the First World War
By Andrew Dalby
 
22 July 1917: Siam declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany
21. Why on Earth Was Siam a Participant in the First World War?
By Andrew Dalby
 
14 August 1917: China declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany
22. Labourers in Place of Soldiers
By Jonathan Clements
 
26 October 1917: Brazil declares war on Germany
23. The Wavering Road
By Edoardo Braschi
 
12 January 1918: Liberia joins the war
24. Why Did Liberia Enter the First World War?
By Mariella Hudson
 
5 November 1918: Poland declares Independence
25. From Fighting in Three Armies to the Proclamation of an Independent Poland
By Anita Prazmowska
 
28 June 1919: The Treaty of Versailles – part I
26. The End of the War and Peacemaking 1919
By Alan Sharp
 
28 June 1919: The Treaty of Versailles – part II
27. The Signature of the Treaty of Versailles
By Alan Sharp
Map 6: Europe 1923
 
28: The Peace Settlement Reviewed
By Alan Sharp
Map 7: Turkey and the Near East 1923
 
Notes
Chronology
Bibliography
Author Biographies
Index

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