# A Short History of the Great War

Author: Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick), 1869-1948

Genre: World War I

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7189

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Short+History+of+the+Great+War+Pollard&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

On 28 June 1914 the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir-presumptive to the Hapsburg throne, was shot in the streets of Serajevo, the capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia. Redeemed by the Russo-Turkish war of 1876-7 from Ottoman rule, Bosnia had by the Congress of Berlin in 1878 been entrusted to Austrian administration; but in 1908, fearing lest a Turkey rejuvenated by the Young Turk revolution should seek to revive its claims on Bosnia, the Austrian Government annexed on its own authority a province confided to its care by a European mandate. This arbitrary act was only challenged on paper at the time; but the striking success of Serbia in the Balkan wars of 1912-13 brought out the da...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-the-great-war-7189/chapters/3/index.md)