CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 SLOUCHING TOWARD WAR CHAPTER 2 KAISER WILHELM II CHAPTER 3 CZAR NICHOLAS II 28 CHAPTER 4 KING VICTOR EMMANUEL III CHAPTER 5 PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON CHAPTER 6PRIME MINISTER DAVID LLOYD GEORGE CHAPTER 7 PREMIER GEORGES CLEMENCEAU 76 CHAPTER 8 THE ELEVENTH HOUR TIMELINE ESSENTIAL FACTs 100 GLOSSARY 102 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 104 SOURCE NOTES 106 INDEX 110 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 112
Czar Nicholas II of Russia was greatly offended by Austria Hungary and Germany's actions later fighting against the
CHAPIES SLOUCHING TOWARD WAR It is quite true that the form and method of Germany's action I mean towards us has simply been brutal and we won t forget it Czar Nicholas II of Russia penned to his mother He was reacting to Austria Hungary's annexation of Bosnia in October 1908 An ally of Germany Austria Hungary's move threatened Russia's influence over the region known as the Balkans Nicholas placed blame for Austria Hungary's aggression on the shoulders of Germany and its leader Kaiser Wilhelm II Wilhelm also happened to be Nicholas s thir The annexation caused outrage in Russia and the Balkan nation of Serbia which Russia had sworn to protect Serbia with Russia's
