| Description |
xxiv, 369 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 'Lest we forget' - Christianity and Australian culture -- Towards understanding the rise of the Prusso-Germany: the unknown empire -- German war aims in the Pacific -- Recounting the rise of the Prussian menace and German war aims 1914-1918 -- Historicism: the forgotten ideology behind weltpolitik -- Kulturkrieg 1914-18: British and Australian professors confront their German counterparts about the war -- German and Australian perceptions of the war in 1914 -- Did Australia face an existential threat in 1914? German war planning and the realities of Australia's position by Peter Overlack -- German surveillance activity in Australia and local defence concerns - growing fears by Peter Overlack -- German naval war planing against Australia, 1900-1914 by Peter Overlack |
| Summary |
In the search for the deeper causes of the 'War to end all wars' the reading public has been presented with countless titles by military, diplomatic and intellectual historians. Some of these have, however, been motivated by a desire to show how their authors would have preferred the past events to have been, so as to promote some present-day agenda. This is the fallacy of 'presentism'. John Moses was trained at the Universities of Munich and Erlangen by professors committed to the Rankean tradition of showing 'how it actually was', as far as humanly possible, based on diligent archival research and with the strictest objectivity and emotional detachment. Consequently, both Moses and Overlack have been at pains to identify the essential peculiarity of the Kaiser's Germany and have focused sharply on the question of how its war planning impinged on Australasia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (Pages 299-352) and index |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Pacific Ocean
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany
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Military planning -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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| Author |
Overlack. Peter
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| ISBN |
9781925801606 hardback |
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