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Author Olmstead, Justin Quinn, author.

Title The United States' entry into the First World War : the role of British and German diplomacy / Justin Quinn Olmstead
Published Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2018

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Contents Frontcover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Traditions in Foreign Policy and Diplomacy; Foreign Policy Traditions; A Latent Animosity: German-American Relations; Britain and the US: The Intimacy of Attraction and Repulsion; Rapprochement à la Kaiser Wilhelm II; The Set Up; Advancing British Interests; 2. The United States and Britain's Blockade; Neutrality and the Declaration of London; The Order in Council of 20 August 1914; Freedom of the Seas; 3. The Diplomacy of U-Boat Warfare; The Chancellor's Challenge; The Chancellor's Decision
The President's ProtestThe Belligerents' Responses; 4. The Peace Option; Posturing for Peace: 1914 to 1915; The House-Grey Memorandum; The Peace Offers of 1916; 5. Diplomatic Acquisition via Mexico; Entering the Fray; Punitive Measures; Zimmermann's Gamble; Epilogue; Bibliographical Essay; Bibliography; Index
Summary A rethinking of the factors which led to the American entry into the war
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 4, 2019)
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Diplomatic history
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787443686
178744368X