Warfare
Mobilization
The assembling and readying of troops and supplies for war. In 1914 the continental Great Powers relied on conscripts and reservists, who had to be moved by intricate plans with no room for error, and a general mobilization by one nation was invariably considered an act of war by its likely enemies.
Mentioned in
- Chapter I The Long Fuse Overview§5 The New Course and the Diplomatic Revolution, 1890–1907§7 Crisis Season: Morocco, Bosnia, Agadir, Tripoli§9 Armies and War Plans§10 Minds and Societies: Nationalism, Militarism, Dread
- Chapter II Thirty-Seven Days to War Overview§6 Serbia Replies, the Powers React, 24–27 July§7 War Declared, Telegrams Crossed, 28–30 July§8 The Dominoes Fall: 31 July to 3 August§9 Belgium, Britain and the Scrap of Paper, 2–4 August§10 Who Was to Blame?
- Chapter III The War of Movement Overview§1 Mobilization: Trains, Horses and Millions§6 Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes§7 Galicia, Lemberg and Serbia's Victories
- Chapter IV Deadlock §7 The Conquest of Serbia and the Salonika Landing
- Chapter V The Year of Attrition Overview§10 Romania's Gamble and Germany's New Masters
- Chapter VI The Year of Revolutions §2 America Enters, and the World Follows
- Chapter VIII The Reckoning and the Remaking §1 The Dead, the Maimed and the Flu§7 Budapest, Fiume and Rome
- Chapter IX In the Trenches §9 Who the Soldiers Were