Prologue : Sarajevo, Sunday, 28 June 1914
Vienna : anger, not sympathy
St. Petersburg : no quarter given
Paris and London : unwelcome interruption
Berlin : sympathy and impatience
The Count Hoyos mission to Berlin : Sunday-Monday, 5-6 July
War council in Vienna (I) : Tuesday, 7 July
Radio silence : 8-17 July
Enter Sazonov : Saturday, 18 July
War council in Vienna (II) : Sunday, 19 July
Poincaré meets the Tsar : Monday, 20 July
Sazonov's threat : Tuesday, 21 July
Champagne summit : Wednesday-Thursday, 22-23 July
Anti-ultimatum and ultimatum : Thursday, 23 July
Sazonov strikes : Friday, 24 July
Russia, France, and Serbia stand firm : Saturday, 25 July
Russia prepares for war : Sunday, 26 July
The Kaiser returns : Monday, 27 July
"You have got me into a fine mess" : Tuesday, 28 July
"I will not be responsible for a monstrous slaughter!" : Wednesday, 29 July
Slaughter it is : Thursday, 30 July
Last Chance Saloon : Friday, 31 July
"Now you can do what you want" : Saturday, 1 August
Britain wakes up to the danger : Sunday, 2 August
Sir Edward Grey's big moment : Monday, 3 August
World war, no going back : Tuesday, 4 August
Epilogue : The question of responsibility.
