The myth of an irresistible war -- Mixing signals, Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 July -- 'Apparent indecision', Monday 27 July -- Manoeuvring in the dark, Monday 27 July and Tuesday 28 July -- Facing both ways, Wednesday 29 July -- Drum-taps, Monday 27 to Friday 31 July -- Hope and dread, Monday 27 to Friday 31 July -- Smearing neutrality, Thursday 30 July and Friday 31 July -- The internationalists awake, Tuesday 28 to Friday 31 July -- Doing diplomacy in a dressing gown, friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August -- The Russian jolt, Saturday 1 August -- 'Pogrom', Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August -- The high tide of neutralist hope, Saturday 1 August -- Kite-flying, Saturday 1 August -- Tightening the screws, sunday 2 August -- 'To the square!', Sunday 2 August -- 'Jockeyed', Sunday 2 August -- Fracture-lines, Sunday 2 to Monday 3 August -- Hidden schism, Monday 3 August -- Magical theatre, Monday 3 August -- Inventing 'unanimity', Monday 3 August -- Dissent, Monday 3 August -- Midnight seductions, Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 August -- Seizing the moment, Tuesday 4 August -- Radical recriminations -- Conclusion