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The Great War
  • Promise and Peril
    • Reasons for Hope
    • Reasons for Fear
    • Steps Toward War
  • The Pressing Conflict
    • The Commencement of War
    • The Course of War
  • The Pursuit of Peace
    • The Paris Peace Conference
    • Attempts to Maintain Peace
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Promise and Peril
  • Reasons for Hope
    • International Cooperation
    • International Efforts at Peace
  • Reasons for Fear
    • Extreme Nationalism
    • Militarism
    • Imperialism
    • Rival Alliances
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Promise and Peril
  • Steps Toward War
    • The Building of Bismarck’s System
    • The Breakdown of Bismarck’s System
    • The Testing of the Alliance System
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The Pressing Conflict
  • The Commencement of War
    • War in the West
    • War in the East
  • The Course of the War
    • Italy Joins the Allies
    • New Weapons of War
    • The War at Sea
    • War on the Home Front
    • Collapse of Russia
    • The United States Enters the War
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The Pressing Conflict
  • Conclusion of the War
    • One Last Assault
    • Armistice
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The Pursuit of Peace
  • The Paris Peace Conference
    • The Treaty of Versailles
      • Territorial Provisions
      • Economic Provisions
      • Military Provisions
      • The “War Guilt” Clause
    • Other Peace Treaties
      • Treaty of St. Germain
      • Treaty of Sevres
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The Pursuit of Peace
  • Attempts to Maintain Peace
    • The League of Nations
    • Reparation Revisions
    • Disarmament and Nonaggression Pacts
      • The Locarno Pact
      • Washington Naval Conference
      • Kellogg-Briand Pact