William Mulligan is professor of history at University College Dublin. He has written widely on international history, including The Origins of the First World War (2010) and The Great War for Peace (2014).

'Mulligan's important book returns to the question of the relationship between economics and war first popularized by Norman Angell. A must-read for those interested in the causes of the First World War, it explains how Europe's trade and financial relations came to serve the aims of war not peace before 1914.' Patricia Clavin, author of Securing the World Economy: The Reinvention of the League of Nations, 1920–1946

• 1. Introduction; 2. Economic interdependence in Europe before 1914; 3. The remaking of power politics; 4. Trade and geopolitics, 1897–1906; 5. Loans and alliances, 1904–1910; 6. Fiscal states, geopolitical competition, and economic interdependence; 7. The second Moroccan crisis and the militarisation of interdependence; 8. The Balkan Wars, 1912–1913; 9. Russia, France, and the militarisation of interdependence, 1912–1914; 10. Preparing for war in an interdependent world; 11. The July crisis; 12. Conclusion.

William Mulligan is professor of history at University College Dublin. He has written widely on international history, including The Origins of the First World War (2010) and The Great War for Peace (2014).

'Mulligan's important book returns to the question of the relationship between economics and war first popularized by Norman Angell. A must-read for those interested in the causes of the First World War, it explains how Europe's trade and financial relations came to serve the aims of war not peace before 1914.' Patricia Clavin, author of Securing the World Economy: The Reinvention of the League of Nations, 1920–1946

• 1. Introduction; 2. Economic interdependence in Europe before 1914; 3. The remaking of power politics; 4. Trade and geopolitics, 1897–1906; 5. Loans and alliances, 1904–1910; 6. Fiscal states, geopolitical competition, and economic interdependence; 7. The second Moroccan crisis and the militarisation of interdependence; 8. The Balkan Wars, 1912–1913; 9. Russia, France, and the militarisation of interdependence, 1912–1914; 10. Preparing for war in an interdependent world; 11. The July crisis; 12. Conclusion.