CONTENTS

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Translator’s Preface[v]
I.The “Heroic Age” of the Britons. Sixteenth Century[1]
II.The Pious Pirates. Seventeenth Century[15]
III.The Campaign Against the “Enemy of Peace.” Era of Louis XIV[29]
IV.“We Have Conquered Canada in Germany.” Frederic the Great and England[40]
V.The Protector of Neutral Countries. The Liberator of Europe. Second Half of the Eighteenth Century[51]
VI.The Great Harvest. The Napoleonic Wars[78]
VII.England Digests Her Booty. The Continent Gradually Becomes Unruly. 1815–1890[101]
VIII.Anglo-German Friendship and Estrangement After Bismarck’s Departure. 1890–1895[121]
IX.“And if Thou Wilt not be My Servant....” From 1895 Till the Entente Cordiale[132]
X.Delenda Germania. The Beginning of King Edward’s Reign[155]
XI.Edward VII Prepares the Humiliation and Destruction of Germany. 1905–1908[159]
XII.The Incendiary at Work. The Campaign Against the German Navy[171]
XIII.King Edward’s Unsuccessful Attempt to Set the Near East Ablaze. The Bosnian Crisis[178]
XIV.The Catastrophe Is More Carefully Prepared. 1909–1914[197]