Author's Note ix
Dramatis Personae xi
Chronology xvii
Prologue: Sarajevo, Sunday, 28 June 1914 1(20)
I Reactions 21(66)
1 Vienna: Anger, Not Sympathy
23(24)
2 St. Petersburg: No Quarter Given
47(15)
3 Paris and London: Unwelcome Interruption
62(16)
4 Berlin: Sympathy and Impatience
78(9)
II Countdown 87(296)
5 The Count Hoyos Mission to Berlin
89(17)
Sunday Monday, 5-6 July
6 War Council in Vienna (I)
106(8)
Tuesday, 7 July
7 Radio Silence
114(11)
8-17 July
8 Enter Sazonov
125(11)
Saturday, 18 July
9 War Council in Vienna (II)
136(9)
Sunday, 19 July
10 Poincare Meets the Tsar
145(7)
Monday, 20 July
11 Sazonov's Threat
152(7)
Tuesday, 21 July
12 Champagne Summit
159(8)
Wednesday-Thursday, 22-23 July
13 Anti-Ultimatum and Ultimatum
167(9)
Thursday, 23 July
14 Sazonov Strikes
176(15)
Friday, 24 July
15 Russia, France, and Serbia Stand Firm
191(16)
Saturday, 25 July
16 Russia Prepares for War
207(16)
Sunday, 26 July
17 The Kaiser Returns
223(18)
Monday, 27 July
18 "You Have Got Me into a Fine Mess"
241(19)
Tuesday, 28 July
19 "I Will Not Be Responsible for a Monstrous Slaughter!"
260(24)
Wednesday, 29 July
20 Slaughter It Is
284(22)
Thursday, 30 July
21 Last Chance Saloon
306(21)
Friday, 31 July
22 "Now You Can Do What You Want"
327(23)
Saturday, 1 August
23 Britain Wakes Up to the Danger
350(13)
Sunday, 2 August
24 Sir Edward Grey's Big Moment
363(10)
Monday, 3 August
25 World War: No Going Back
373(58)
Tuesday, 4 August
Epilogue: The Question Of Responsibility 383(24)
Notes 407(24)
Bibliography 431(14)
Frequently Cited Sources
436(3)
Other Works Cited
439(6)
Index 445