# The World Crisis, Volume 1 (of 6)

Author: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59794

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+World+Crisis%2C+Volume+1+%28of+6%29+Churchill&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Unending Task—Ruthless War—The Victorian Age—National Pride—National Accountability—The Franco-German Feud—Bismarck’s Apprehension—His Precautions and Alliances—The Bismarckian Period and System—The Young Emperor and Caprivi—The Franco-Russian Alliance, 1892—The Balance of Power—Anglo-German Ties—Anglo-German Estrangement—Germany and the South African War—The Beginnings of the German Navy—The Birth of a Challenge—The Anglo-Japanese Alliance—The Russo-Japanese War—Consequences—The Anglo-French Agreement of 1904—Lord Rosebery’s Comment—The Triple Entente—Degeneration in Turkey and Austria—The Long Descent—The Sinister Hypothesis.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/11/index.md)
- [did. Believing as I did and do that we could not, for our own safety and](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-world-crisis-volume-1-of-6-59794/chapters/9/index.md)