David Welch is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is editor of the Routledge Sources in History series. His previous publications include The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda (Routledge, 1993) and Hitler (UCL Press, 1998).

• List of maps -- List of documents -- Author’s acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction and guidance on using documents and sources -- 1 Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 -- 2 France, 1871-1944 -- 3 Russia in revolution, 1890-1918 -- 4 The origins of the First World War and its aftermath -- 5 Fascist Italy -- 6 Nazi Germany -- 7 Russia under Stalin -- 8 The approach to the Second World War -- The Spanish Civil War 178 -- The Munich Crisis 187 -- 9 The origins of the Gold War -- 10 European integration -- Postscript -- Index.

David Welch is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is editor of the Routledge Sources in History series. His previous publications include The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda (Routledge, 1993) and Hitler (UCL Press, 1998).

• List of maps -- List of documents -- Author’s acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction and guidance on using documents and sources -- 1 Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 -- 2 France, 1871-1944 -- 3 Russia in revolution, 1890-1918 -- 4 The origins of the First World War and its aftermath -- 5 Fascist Italy -- 6 Nazi Germany -- 7 Russia under Stalin -- 8 The approach to the Second World War -- The Spanish Civil War 178 -- The Munich Crisis 187 -- 9 The origins of the Gold War -- 10 European integration -- Postscript -- Index.