Book contents
- On a Knife Edge
- Cambridge Military Histories
- On a Knife Edge
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Hubris
- Part II Climax: At the Apex of War
- 10 ‘Only a Miracle Can Save Us Now’: Germany and the War in the Autumn of 1916
- 11 Action Stations, Panic Stations: The Radicalisation of Germany’s Strategy under the Third OHL
- 12 ‘A Stroke of Genius’: Tentative Offers of Peace in December 1916
- 13 The Misjudged Stand-off: Unrestricted Submarine Warfare and the USA’s Entry into the War
- Part III Nemesis: The Defeat of the Central Powers and the Destruction of the European Order
- The Final Reckoning: A Terrible Debt that Must Be Paid
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index: People
- Index: Places
12 - ‘A Stroke of Genius’: Tentative Offers of Peace in December 1916
from Part II - Climax: At the Apex of War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2022
Book contents
- On a Knife Edge
- Cambridge Military Histories
- On a Knife Edge
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Hubris
- Part II Climax: At the Apex of War
- 10 ‘Only a Miracle Can Save Us Now’: Germany and the War in the Autumn of 1916
- 11 Action Stations, Panic Stations: The Radicalisation of Germany’s Strategy under the Third OHL
- 12 ‘A Stroke of Genius’: Tentative Offers of Peace in December 1916
- 13 The Misjudged Stand-off: Unrestricted Submarine Warfare and the USA’s Entry into the War
- Part III Nemesis: The Defeat of the Central Powers and the Destruction of the European Order
- The Final Reckoning: A Terrible Debt that Must Be Paid
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index: People
- Index: Places
Summary
This chapter describes the genesis of the Central Powers' peace offer in December 1916 and asks if it was genuine, who participated in compiling it, and how the different power centres in Germany cooperated over the question of peace, and eventual conditions in any peace conference.
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- On a Knife EdgeHow Germany Lost the First World War, pp. 221 - 233Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022