The World War and What Was Behind It

About this eBook

Author

Bénézet, Louis Paul, 1878-1961

Title

The World War and What was Behind It; Or, The Story of the Map of Europe

Credits

Produced by Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Europe -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11200

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11200

Release Date

February 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The World War and What Was Behind It — The Story of the Map of Europe — L. P. Bénézet
2. 2.Preface — Contents — List of Maps — List of Illustrations
3. 3.The Story of the Map of Europe
4. 4.Chapter I. The Great War
5. 5.Chapter II. Rome and the Barbarian Tribes
6. 6.Chapter III. From Chiefs to Kings
7. 7.Chapter IV. Master and Man
8. 8.Chapter V. A Babel of Tongues
9. 9.Chapter VI. “The Terrible Turk”
10. 10.Chapter VII. The Rise of Modern Nations — France and England in the 15th Century — Spain and Other Kingdoms — The Holy Roman Empire — France in the 18th Century — Prussia
11. 11.Chapter VIII. The Fall of the Two Kingdoms — The Downfall of the French Monarchy
12. 12.Chapter IX. The Little Man from the Common People
13. 13.Chapter X. A King-Made Map and its Trail of Wrongs
14. 14.Chapter XI. Italy a Nation at Last
15. 15.Chapter XII. The Man of Blood and Iron
16. 16.Chapter XIII. The Balance of Power
17. 17.Chapter XIV. The “Entente Cordiale”
18. 18.Chapter XV. The Sowing of the Dragon’s Teeth
19. 19.Chapter XVI. Who Profits?
20. 20.Chapter XVII. The Spark that Exploded the Magazine
21. 21.Chapter XVIII. Why England Came In
22. 22.Chapter XIX. Diplomacy and Kingly Ambition
23. 23.Chapter XX. Back to the Balkans — Greece — Roumania
24. 24.Chapter XXI. The War Under the Sea
25. 25.Chapter XXII. Another Crown Topples
26. 26.Chapter XXIII. The United States at War—Why? — The Submarine War — Plots and Threats Against the United States
27. 27.Chapter XXIV. Europe as it Should Be
28. 28.Chapter XXV. The Cost of It All
29. 29.Chapter XXVI. What Germany Must Learn
30. 30.Pronouncing Glossary
31. 31.Index

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