The Pomp of Power

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Laurance Lyon. The Pomp of Power

The Pomp of Power

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

The Entente

CHAPTER II

Plan XVII

CHAPTER III

The Fall of Joffre

CHAPTER IV

The Nivelle Offensive

CHAPTER V

Unique Command

CHAPTER VI

The Asquith Debacle

CHAPTER VII

The French Political World

CHAPTER VIII

Caillaux

CHAPTER IX

Mr. Lloyd George and Party Politics

CHAPTER X

Lord Northcliffe and his Press

CHAPTER XI

The Frankfort Incident and M. Krassin

CHAPTER XII

The Treaty of Versailles

INDEX

Footnote

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Laurance Lyon

Published by Good Press, 2021

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For some time after 1870 von Moltke (who remained Chief of the Staff until 1888) thought that Germany would be strong enough to take the offensive against both France and Russia in the event of a simultaneous war with each of those countries. It was his growing fear that the rapid recovery of France might render that plan unsafe, which led to the attempt to fasten another quarrel on that country in 1875. When that plot was exposed, von Moltke changed his plan to one which, devoid of all technical details, consisted in a defensive campaign as regards France, and an offensive one against Russia.

In 1888 von Moltke was succeeded by Count Waldersee, who as Quartermaster-General had been his active coadjutor since 1882. At one time Waldersee favoured an offensive against France. But finally he maintained von Moltke’s plan, with the reservation that if the time of year when hostilities broke out rendered a full offensive against Russia impracticable, France would be attacked between Toul and Epinay.

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