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9780853236320

Great War with Germany, 1890-1940 Fictions and Fantasies of the War-To-Come

  • ISBN13:

    9780853236320

  • ISBN10:

    0853236321

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-01-12
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
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Summary

In the second of a series of anthologies on future war stories, the leading specialist in the field presents a selection of prophetic tales about the conflict-to-come between the British and the Germans, tales which had immense influence in the quarter-century before the First World War. An extensive range of contemporary illustrations is included.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction: 'Horribly Stuffed with Epithets of War'p. 1
The Great War of 189- (1892)p. 29
The Final War (1896)p. 72
The Spies of the Wight (1899)p. 80
Die Abrechnung mit England (1900)p. 87
The Invaders (1901)p. 102
The Enemy in our Midst (1906)p. 108
The Riddle of the Sands (1903)p. 116
A New Trafalgar (1902)p. 129
The Invasion of 1910 (1906)p. 139
When the Eagle Flies Seaward (1907)p. 152
The Death Trap (1907)p. 167
The Child's Guide to Knowledge (1909)p. 178
The Coming Conquest of England (1904)p. 183
Armageddon 190- (1906)p. 201
Die 'Offensiv-Invasion' gegen England (1907)p. 225
Berlin-Bagdad: Das Deutsche Weltreich im Zeitalter der Luftschiffahrt, 1910-1931 (1907)p. 233
The Real Le Queux (1938)p. 249
Bouquets for Fleet Street (1951)p. 256
Before the Lights Went Out (1945)p. 256
About German Spies (1910)p. 258
The Essence of Parliament (1908)p. 276
Les Fictions guerrieres anglaises (1910)p. 278
Incidents of the Coming Invasion of England (1910)p. 281
Die Invasion Englands in englischer Beleuchtung (1909)p. 293
Vademecum fur Phantasiestrategen (1909)p. 296
The Swoop! or, How Clarence Saved England (1909)p. 313
The Boy Galloper (1903)p. 326
The Message (1907)p. 339
When England Slept (1909)p. 356
The North Sea Bubble (1906)p. 363
When William Came (1913)p. 368
The Cliffs (1909)p. 377
The Battle of the North Sea (1912)p. 381
'Sink, Burn, Destroy': Der Schlag gegen Deutschland (1905)p. 385
The Germans in Hampton Court (1904)p. 390
100 Jahre deutsche Zukunft (1913)p. 398
Hindenburgs Einmarsch in London (1915)p. 408
America Fallen (1915)p. 413
Notesp. 422
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