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Never before published in English. Karl Helfferich’s firsthand account of the years that led to the First World War, written by a Deutsche Bank director who later served as vice-chancellor of the German Empire.

In The Great War, Volume I, Helfferich examines the shift in European alliances after Bismarck, the Moroccan and Bosnian crises, the naval and economic rivalry with Britain, and the July 1914 crisis that brought war. Drawing on his experience in German finance and diplomacy, he traces how competition over markets, railways, and colonies turned into open conflict.

This is not a general history. It is a contemporary German insider’s view of the diplomatic and economic pressures that shaped the path to war.

What this volume covers:

• The transformation of European alliances from the Triple Alliance to the Triple Entente
• The Moroccan crises, the Bosnian annexation, and the Balkan Wars
• The naval arms race and economic rivalry between Germany and Britain
• The Baghdad Railway and the role of finance in pre-war diplomacy
• The July Crisis of 1914 and the final attempts at mediation

Originally published in Berlin in 1919, this is the first volume of Helfferich’s three-volume account. It remains one of the few detailed contemporary German sources on the diplomatic and economic origins of the war.

Continue the series:
Volume II · Volume III
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