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Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War

By: Samuel R. Williamson Jr

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Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War

By: Samuel R. Williamson Jr

A major re-examination of Habsburg decision-making from 1912 to July 1914, the study argues that Austria-Hungary and not Germany made the crucial decisions for war in the summer of 1914. Based on extensive new archival research, the book traces the gradual militarization of Austro-Hungarian foreign policy during the Balkan Wars. The disasters of those wars and the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir-apparent and a force for peace in the monarchy, convinced the Habsburg elite that only a war against Serbia would end the South Slav threat to the monarchy's existence. Williamson also describes Russia's assertive foreign policy after 1912 and stresses the unique linkages of domestic and foreign policy in almost every issue faced by Habsburg statesmen.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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134921163X

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9781349211630

The Origins of U.S. Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1953

By: Samuel R. Williamson Jr

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The Origins of U.S. Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1953

By: Samuel R. Williamson Jr

The United States took almost a decade after Hiroshima and Nagasaki to develop a coherent strategy of nuclear deterrence. This comprehensive study by two careful and well-informed historians provides the best explanation we have of why this process took so long; it also suggests the inherent difficulties of relying on nuclear weapons to provide security in the first place. Required reading for anyone interested in the early history of the nuclear era.

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231

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Springer

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113705882X

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9781137058829

Essays on World War I

Origins and Prisoners of War

By: Samuel R. Williamson,Peter Pastor

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Essays on World War I

Origins and Prisoners of War

By: Samuel R. Williamson,Peter Pastor

The volume comprises several studies by distinguished students of World War I focusing on the origins of the war and, particularly on problems related to war prisoners.

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296

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East European Monographs

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0880330155

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9780880330152

The Lure of Transcendence and the Audacity of Prayer

Selected Essays

By: Samuel E. Balentine

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The Lure of Transcendence and the Audacity of Prayer

Selected Essays

By: Samuel E. Balentine

The discourse of prayer responds to the abiding lure of transcendence. From Gilgamesh to the primordial human beings in Eden to Odysseus, the quest for ultimate truths has summoned forth all manner of human effort - courageous, desperate, pious, impious, successful, failed, invited, forbidden - and like all such lures, one can never be certain whether the glimmer of transcendence is that of a bright and shining star that illuminates the shadows or only a shiny object that seduces one into an inescapable darkness (a fishing lure, for example). In this study, Samuel E. Balentine demonstrates how prayer's invocation of God transgresses the limits of human beings. The author shows how inviting, let alone commanding God to speak may be the "acme of bardic pretention," but in the ancient world such transgression characterizes the audacity of prayer.

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302

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161611039

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9783161611032

Fearing the Worst

How Korea Transformed the Cold War

By: Samuel F. Wells Jr.

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Fearing the Worst

How Korea Transformed the Cold War

By: Samuel F. Wells Jr.

After World War II, the escalating tensions of the Cold War shaped the international system. Fearing the Worst explains how the Korean War fundamentally changed postwar competition between the United States and the Soviet Union into a militarized confrontation that would last decades. Samuel F. Wells Jr. examines how military and political events interacted to escalate the conflict. Decisions made by the Truman administration in the first six months of the Korean War drove both superpowers to intensify their defense buildup. American leaders feared the worst-case scenario—that Stalin was prepared to start World War III—and raced to build up strategic arms, resulting in a struggle they did not seek out or intend. Their decisions stemmed from incomplete interpretations of Soviet and Chinese goals, especially the belief that China was a Kremlin puppet. Yet Stalin, Mao, and Kim Il-sung all had their own agendas, about which the United States lacked reliable intelligence. Drawing on newly available documents and memoirs—including previously restricted archives in Russia, China, and North Korea—Wells analyzes the key decision points that changed the course of the war. He also provides vivid profiles of the central actors as well as important but lesser known figures. Bringing together studies of military policy and diplomacy with the roles of technology, intelligence, and domestic politics in each of the principal nations, Fearing the Worst offers a new account of the Korean War and its lasting legacy.

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Columbia University Press

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0231549946

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9780231549943

Book's by Samuel R. Williamson Jr

Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War

Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War

The Origins of U.S. Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1953

The Origins of U.S. Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1953

Essays on World War I

Essays on World War I

The Lure of Transcendence and the Audacity of Prayer

The Lure of Transcendence and the Audacity of Prayer

Fearing the Worst

Fearing the Worst

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