Table of Contents
Introduction 11
Chapter 1 The Secret Society 17
Chapter 2 South Africa-Disregard the Screamers 31
Chapter 3 The Edward Conspiracy-First Steps and New Beginnings 58
Chapter 4 Testing Warmer Waters 75
Chapter 5 Taming the Bear 85
Chapter 6 The Changing of the Guard 99
Chapter 7 1906-Landslide to Continuity 112
Chapter 8 Alexander Isvolsky-Hero and Villain 124
Chapter 9 Scams and Scandals 132
Chapter 10 Creating the Fear 144
Chapter 11 Preparing the Empire-Alfred Milner and the Round Table 153
Chapter 12 Catch a Rising Star and Put it in Your Pocket 161
Chapter 13 Moroccan Myths-Fez and Agadir 172
Chapter 14 Churchill and Haldane-Buying Time and Telling Lies 185
Chapter 15 The Roberts Academy 194
Chapter 16 Poincare-The Man Who Would be Bought 203
Chapter 17 America-A Very Special Relationship 210
Chapter 18 The Balkan Pressure Cooker-1912-13 225
Chapter 19 From Balmoral to the Balkans 231
Chapter 20 Sarajevo-The Web of Culpability 242
Chapter 21 July 1914-Deception, Manipulation and Misrepresentation 252
Chapter 22 July 1914-Leading Europe Towards the Brink 264
Chapter 23 July 1914-The First Mobilisations 278
Chapter 24 July 1914-Buying Time-The Charade of Mediation 285
Chapter 25 Ireland-Plan B 301
Chapter 26 August 1914-Of Neutrality and Just Causes 320
Chapter 27 The Speech That Cost a Million Dead 333
Conclustion-Lies, Myths and Stolen History 348
Appendix 1 The Secret Elite's Hidden Control and Connections, 1891-1914 362
Appendix 2 Key Players 363
Notes 370
List of References 422
Index 441
