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Preface |
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Introduction: The Conundrum of Comparative History |
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Part I: Launching the Railway Age |
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3 | (34) |
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Liberalism and the Legrand Star |
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4 | (4) |
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The Emergence of the Great Railway Companies |
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8 | (10) |
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The Surge of the Second Empire |
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18 | (6) |
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24 | (7) |
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The Military Implications |
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31 | (6) |
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37 | (31) |
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The Dilemmas of Political Diversity |
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38 | (5) |
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43 | (7) |
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Prussia and the Push for Unification |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (6) |
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Strategic Thought and Military Action |
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60 | (8) |
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68 | (17) |
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Administrative Organization |
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69 | (6) |
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75 | (4) |
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79 | (6) |
Part II: The Signals Are Set |
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85 | (35) |
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86 | (4) |
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The Counterattack of the Companies |
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90 | (9) |
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The Failure of Centralism |
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99 | (5) |
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A Condition of Troubling Inferiority |
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104 | (8) |
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Railways and the Republican Army |
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112 | (8) |
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120 | (36) |
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Bismarck's Railroad Policy |
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121 | (8) |
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The Reassertion of States' Rights |
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129 | (7) |
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136 | (5) |
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141 | (8) |
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The Consolidation of Military Predominance |
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149 | (7) |
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156 | (19) |
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Administrative Organization |
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157 | (7) |
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164 | (4) |
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168 | (7) |
Part III: Internal and International Tensions |
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175 | (38) |
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176 | (6) |
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The Companies Face Nationalization |
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182 | (8) |
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Private Enterprise or Public Service? |
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190 | (7) |
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197 | (7) |
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204 | (9) |
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213 | (35) |
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The Specter of Prussification |
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214 | (6) |
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Flirting with Unification |
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220 | (8) |
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Low Expectations and High Finance |
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228 | (6) |
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Railroads and the German Take-Off |
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234 | (7) |
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The Consequences of Escalation |
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241 | (7) |
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248 | (17) |
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Administrative Organization |
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249 | (6) |
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255 | (4) |
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259 | (6) |
Epilogue: From Trains to Trenches |
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265 | (5) |
List of Abbreviations |
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270 | (2) |
Notes |
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272 | (35) |
Bibliography |
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307 | (9) |
Name Index |
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316 | (6) |
Subject Index |
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