The United States' entry into the First World War :
[Book]
the role of British and German diplomacy /
Justin Quinn Olmstead.
Rochester, NY :
Boydell Press,
2018.
1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontcover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Traditions in Foreign Policy and Diplomacy; Foreign Policy Traditions; A Latent Animosity: German-American Relations; Britain and the US: The Intimacy of Attraction and Repulsion; Rapprochement à la Kaiser Wilhelm II; The Set Up; Advancing British Interests; 2. The United States and Britain's Blockade; Neutrality and the Declaration of London; The Order in Council of 20 August 1914; Freedom of the Seas; 3. The Diplomacy of U-Boat Warfare; The Chancellor's Challenge; The Chancellor's Decision
The President's ProtestThe Belligerents' Responses; 4. The Peace Option; Posturing for Peace: 1914 to 1915; The House-Grey Memorandum; The Peace Offers of 1916; 5. Diplomatic Acquisition via Mexico; Entering the Fray; Punitive Measures; Zimmermann's Gamble; Epilogue; Bibliographical Essay; Bibliography; Index
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A rethinking of the factors which led to the American entry into the war.