German World Policy and the Reshaping of the Dual Alliance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10076100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Andrew (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 137-151 |
| Publication date | 1966-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200946600100307 |
| OpenAlex | W26832352 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The Dual Alliance between France and Russia, as it existed at the outbreak of war in I914, dated from 1899. In August of that year the terms of both the original political entente of 1891 and the military convention of 1893-94 were altered in an exchange of letters drafted by the French foreign minister, Delcasse. The duration of the Dual Alliance in its new form was no longer limited to the life of the rival Triple Alliance of Germany, Italy, and AustriaHungary; and its object, formerly the maintenance of peace, now also included the preservation of the European balance of power. If the reasons for, and the significance of, these changes have never been adequately explained, it is perhaps principally because they have been interpreted within too narrow a context. The reshaping of the Dual Alliance was essentially a product of the diplomacy of imperialism: the first response of an emergent French imperialism, with its dream of a Greater France built round the shores of the Mediterranean, to the new challenge of German world policy. In the last decade of the nineteenth century French imperialism ceased at last to be the preoccupation of a few enthusiasts, and acquired popular, if not mass, support. Comparing the French public's newly-discovered interest in its empire-builders with its apathy in the I88os, the leading colonialist journal declared in I899; 'At that time the return of a Brazza concerned only an interested minority; today the return of a Gallieni or a Marchand excites the crowd.'l This growth of imperial feeling coincided with the arrival at the French foreign office of Theophile Delcasse. Delcasse had been a founder member of the parliamentary groupe colonial and had for many years been closely identified with colonialist
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| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1967 - 2025 (59) |
| Highly cited | No |