England and Germany
Tags
Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- History readers interested in Anglo-German relations before World War I
- University students who need period commentary as supplementary material for papers
- Readers who enjoy pre-war political debate and diplomatic observation
- Readers who wish to use older texts to train a critical sense toward historical sources
Not a good fit for
- Beginners seeking a systematic general history of World War I or detailed battle narratives
- Readers uncomfortable with the argumentative, sharply judgmental style of old political commentary
- Readers who read only Chinese translations and are unwilling to engage with the English original
Reading tips
- First read a general history of World War I or an introduction to Anglo-German relations to establish a timeline and basic background before starting this book.
- Mark the author's core judgments and evidence as you read, then test how well they hold up against later scholarship.
- Excerpt separately the book's descriptions of public opinion, diplomacy and miscalculation as supplementary material for discussing the causes of the war.
- If the English is difficult, read the opening and closing paragraphs of each chapter first to grasp the main point, then return to the arguments in between.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
Contents
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
FAQ
Is this book a complete history of World War I?
What is the background of the author, Dillon?
What prior knowledge is needed to read this book?
What reading approach suits the electronic edition?
Comments
Find this book
This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Emile Joseph Dillon (1855–1933) was an Irish writer, journalist and linguist born in Dublin. He served as the Daily Telegraph's correspondent in Russia from about 1887 to 1914, reporting on major events such as the Dreyfus affair, the Boxer Movement and the Versailles Peace Conference. His works span religious criticism, international politics and war reporting, and include The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job – Koheleth – Agur, England and Germany, and The Inside Story of the Peace Conference, the last recording his observations of the Paris peace talks. He settled in Barcelona in his later years and died in 1933. Publicly available sources offer limited information about his early education, family background and awards; his influence rests mainly on his on-the-spot reporting as a foreign correspondent and his political writing.
