The World Crisis Volume I (1911-1914)

By (author) Churchill, Sir Winston S.
Description:

The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill’s literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following decades. At once a history and a first-hand account of Churchill’s own involvement in the war, The World Crisis remains a compelling account of the conflict and its importance.

Volume I covers the origins and earliest days of the war from 1911-1914, as well as the longer history of the collapse of the Great Power system from the Franco Prussian war onwards. Churchill here explores the international tensions over the Balkan states that triggered the conflict as well as the arms race between the British and German navies.

Table of contents:

Foreword
Preface
1. The Vials of Wrath
2. Milestone to Armageddon
3. The Crisis of Agadir
4. Admirals All
5. The German Navy Law
6. The Romance of Design
7. The North Sea Front
8. Ireland and the European Balance
9. The Crisis
10. The Mobilization of the Navy
11. War: The Passage of the Army
12. The Battle in France
13. On the Oceans
14. In the Narrow Seas
15. Antwerp
16. The Channel Ports
17. The Grand Fleet and the Submarine Alarm
18. Coronel and the Falklands
19. With Fisher at the Admiralty
20. The Bombardment of Scarborough and Hartlepool
21. Turkey and the Balkans
Appendixes
Appendix A: Naval Staff Training
Appendix B: Tables of Fleet Strength
Appendix C: Trade Protection
Appendix D: Mining
Appendix E: First Lord''s Minutes

Biographical note:
Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940-1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, he was also a gifted orator, statesman and historian. The author of more than 40 books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and in 1963 was made an honorary citizen of the United States.
Promotional headline:
In the first volume of his epic history of the First World War, Winston S. Churchill chronicles the build up to the war.
Description for collection:
Bringing together books and thinkers that have opened up startling new ways of looking at the world, the Bloomsbury Revelations series celebrates the originality and excellence of Bloomsbury Academic''s non-fiction publishing. Including books by the likes of Carol Adams, Winston Churchill, Slavoj Zizek, Ferdinand de Saussure, Ronald Dworkin, Constantin Stanislavski, Susan Strange and Gilles Deleuze, this is an essential library of the thinkers who have fundamentally shaped the way we see the modern world.
Feature:
The first volume of Churchill''s landmark history of World War One, now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series
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Covers the origins of the conflict and the earliest months of the war
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Published to mark the centenary of World War I and the 50th anniversary of Churchill''s passing