“Short War Illusion”

I. Economic

A. International interdependence

B. Domestic

II. Military planning & strategic armaments

III. La guerre future—Ivan Bloch

IV. Cult of the Offensive

A. General de Négrier

B. Sir Michael Howard

Costs of the War

I. Economic

II. Psychological

A. “Lost Generation”

The Rise and Fall of the System

I. Balance of Power

A. Stability of 19th Century System

B. Fluidity of alignments

C. Multipolarity

II. Breakdown of the old order

A. Economics

B. Solidification of alignments

C. German industrial domination

D. Globalization of the pre-War system