The Shadow of the Past: Reputation and Military Alliances before the First World War

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Contents List of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Alliances and Reputation in International Relations 1 2. Reliability and Alliance Behavior 35 3. The End of Splendid Isolation: British Pursuit of an Ally, 1901–1905 63 4. The First Moroccan Crisis: Testing the Anglo-French Entente, 1904–1907 92 5. The Bosnia-Herzegovina Crisis: Expanding the Entente, 1907–1911 126 6. The Agadir Crisis: Rolling toward War, 1910–1914 152 7. Summary and Expansion of Findings 182 Appendixes A. First Treaty of Alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy, 20 May 1882 209 Contents viii B. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 30 January 1902 213 C. Declaration between the United Kingdom and France Respecting Egypt and Morocco, 8 April 1904 217 D. The Second Anglo-Japanese Agreement, 12 August 1905 221 E. Conventions between Russia and the United Kingdom Relating to Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet, 31 August 1907 225 Index 229 ...