Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction xvii
Prelude: Trafalgar Square and 10 Downing Street, Sunday 2 August 1914 xxvi
1 The Myth of an Irresistible War 1
2 Mixing Signals, Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 July 16
3 'Apparent Indecision, Monday 27 July 31
4 Manoeuvring in the Dark, Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 July 44
5 Facing Both Ways, Wednesday 29 July 55
6 Drum-Taps, Monday 27 to Friday 31 July 67
7 Hope and Dread, Monday 27 to Friday 31 July 75
8 Smearing Neutrality, Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July 83
9 The Internationalists Awake, Tuesday 28 to Friday 31 July 95
10 Doing Diplomacy in a Dressing Gown, Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August 107
11 The Russian Jolt, Saturday 1 August 115
12 'Pogrom', Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August 125
13 The High Tide of Neutralist Hope, Saturday 1 August 134
14 Kite-Flying, Saturday 1 August 145
15 Tightening the Screws, Sunday 2 August 156
16 'To the Square!', Sunday 2 August 163
17 'Jockeyed", Sunday 2 August 176
18 Fracture Lines, Sunday 2 and Monday 3 August 194
19 Hidden Schism, Monday 3 August 202
20 Magical Theatre, Monday 3 August 213
21 Inventing 'Unanimity', Monday 3 August 227
22 Dissent, Monday 3 August 236
23 Midnight Seductions, Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 August 249
24 Seizing the Moment, Tuesday 4 August 261
25 Radical Recriminations 283
26 Conclusion 298
Notes 311
Archival Material 371
Index 373