- History, World War, 1914-1918, Causes, Dreadnought (Battleship)
Describes the diplomatic minuets and military brinkmanship as Germany grew to be a continental superpower at the end of the nineteenth century and became a threat to Great Britain's naval superiority and isolationist policies.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Robert Massie Freeman
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 1007
- Publisher
- Pimlico, Books On Tape, Random House
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9785557098823
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“Queen Victoria was mostly German.”
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