Concept of empire

old: Spanish empire

British Empire

"New Imperialism"

Theories of Imperialism

European Diplomacy and Alliances

Rise of Anglo-German Antagonism

Social Darwinism between nations

"Weltmacht oder Niedergang"

Economic competition

Boer War

Battleship Building

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Naval bills of 1898 and 1900

Dreadnought

Popular Chauvinism

Panthersprung

Joseph Chamberlain, Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, Max Lenz, Erich Marcks, Benajmin Kidd, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, John Hobson, Lord Horatio Kitchener,

Rudolf Hilferding, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Alfred von Tirpitz, Fleet-in-being theory, Friedrich von Bernhardi, "Weltmacht oder Niedergang," Heinrich Class, Junkers, Algeciras