The Critical 39 Days
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- Franz Joseph, Nicholas II, Wilhelm II
- absolutists who were men of power and decision
- Bethmann-Hollweg
- German chancellor
- Jagow
- German foreign secretary
- Berchtold
- Austrian foreign minister; helpless and incompetent
- Sazonov
- Russian foreign minister; advised Czar to mobilize
- Poincare
- French president; excellent leader; "had his power been brought to bear, he could have saved Europe from war"
- Grey
- British foreign secretary; only concerned with "England security"; "he allowed events to dictate his policy"
- Balkan Wars over, Greece and Turkey settling differences, Baghdad railway resolved, detente' in Franco-German relations, Anglo-German naval understanding
- encouraging signs in Temper of Europe
- press and diplomats think war inevitable - fatalism; racial rivalry - Germans felt superior to Slavs; "drang nach osten", ireland and mexico, Serb nationalism
- discouraging signs in Temper of Europe
- Princip, Chabrinovic, Grabez
- 3 Bosnian youths involved in the Black Hand
- Dimetrievich
- mastermind of the Black Hand
- Franz Ferdinand
- Austrian archduke
- blank check
- means a country supports another country no matter what
- Czar did not like Serbia and would not support regicide, Russia's military program was 2 years from completion, war for Serbia not supported by Russia, France would convince Russia to back down and if not France was weak anyway, Great Britain would most certainly remain neutral not wishing to become entangled over something in the Balkans
- reasons why German kaiser sent blank check to Austria-Hungary
- suppress anti-Austrian propaganda in Serbia, allow Austria-Hungary to investigate and prosecute conspirators, reply "satisfactorily" in 48 hours to avoid war
- 3 most important demands in the ultimatum sent to Serbia by Austria-Hungary
- Paleologue
- French ambassador
- Buchanan
- British ambassador
- Italy, Romania
- which two countries declared their neutrality?
- Sir Edward Grey
- "The lamps are going out all over Europe.. We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime." Who said this?