131, 133, 135, 294
   Austro-German Dual Alliance (1879) 293, 296, 297
   British declaration of war against (4 August 1914) 544
   declaration of war against Russia (1 August 1914) 527
   economy 164â5, 216, 329â30
   financial assistance to Bulgaria 277â8
   foreign ministry 197â8, 230
   Franco-German Moroccan Agreement (1909) 167, 195, 196, 204
   Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty (1890) 129
   invasion of Belgium and Luxembourg 494, 531, 544, 547â51
   invasion of France 532, 547â8
   investment in Ottoman lands 335â8
   localization strategy (July 1914) 415â16, 480, 515â20, 524
   Potsdam Accord (1910) 167, 189
   preparations for war 524â7, 531, 536, 547â8
   press 163, 203, 229, 230, 232, 234, 235â6, 363
   railways 331, 335, 336â7
   Reinsurance Treaty with Russia (1887) 121, 125â6, 127, 129, 130, 143, 181, 197
   Three Emperorsâ Leagues (1873/1881) 79, 83, 125, 126, 128
   trade treaties with Russia 128, 144, 272
   Triple Alliance (1882) 92â3, 121â3, 125â6, 129â30, 157, 249â50
   unification 124, 197
   Weltpolitik 150â52, 593 n 95
German army:
   expenditure 129, 144, 216, 217, 218, 238, 330, 330â32
   military service 292
   mobilization 504, 525â7, 531â3, 536, 547â51
   size 129, 144, 216, 330â32, 420
German navy:
   expansion 147â50, 152, 220â22, 318â19, 323, 329, 330
   mobilization 521
German South-east Africa 145
Giers, Nikolai 127, 129, 130
Giesl, Baron Wladimir 114, 431â2, 457â9, 464, 467
Giolitti, Giovanni 229, 245, 246
Goltz, Colmar von der (âGoltz Pashaâ) 339
Goluchowski, Count Agenor 112
Goremykin, Ivan 346, 347, 474â5, 557
Goschen, Sir Edward 161, 165, 320, 497
Gostivar 113
Grabež, Trifko 49â56, 372, 384, 385â6
Graz 425
Great Britain:
   Anglo-Congolese Treaty (1894) 145
   Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902) 138â9, 545
   Anglo-Russian Convention (1907) 87, 111, 123, 139â40, 158, 167, 174, 187â8, 322â4, 325â6, 363, 536, 545â6
   declaration of war on Germany (4 August 1914) 544
   economy 164â5
   Entente Cordiale (1904) 123, 139, 140, 149, 153â4, 155, 157, 159, 174, 193â4, 204, 495, 505â6, 538â9, 545
   Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty (1890) 129
   Irish Question 342, 488â90, 545
   Mediterranean Agreement (1887) 121â2, 126
   press 129, 199, 200, 203, 227, 231, 235â6, 322, 406, 492â3, 541
   see also British army; British navy
Greece:
   Balkan Wars (1912-13) 42, 113, 252, 253â6, 258, 263, 459
   Graeco-Turkish tensions 444, 485
   Italian seizure of Dodecanese 248â9, 252
   and Macedonia 25, 26
   monarchy 170
   Serbian Empire (14th century) 21
   Thirty Daysâ War (1897) 294
Grégr, Edward 72
Greig, Charles 44â5
Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl 200
Grey, Sir Edward ( later 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon), British foreign secretary 140, 160, 193, 200â204, 298, 307, 359
   and Agadir crisis (1911) 209â210, 211â12, 536
   Ambassadorsâ Conference (London 1912-13) 284, 321, 325, 357, 495
   and Anglo-Russian Convention 322â3, 536
   and Anglo-Russian naval talks (1914) 421, 444
   anti-German stance 160, 161, 165â6, 202, 203
   and assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 410â411
   background and character 200â202, 222, 545
   and Crowe memorandum (1907)