The War That Ended Peace
The Road to 1914
New York : Random House, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: xxxv, 739 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Presents a narrative portrait of Europe in the years leading up to World War I that illuminates the political, cultural, and economic factors and contributing personalities that shaped major events.
Contents:
Europe in 1900 -- Great Britain and splendid isolation -- The new Kaiser -- Weltpolitik -- Dreadnought -- Unlikely friends: the entente cordiale -- The bear and the whale: Russia and Great Britain -- The loyalty of the Nibelungs -- What were they thinking? -- Dreaming of peace -- Thinking about war -- Making the plans -- The crises start -- The Bosnian crisis -- 1911: the year of discords -- The first Balkan Wars -- Preparing for war or peace -- Assassination at Sarajevo -- The end game.
ISBN:
9781400068555 (hc. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.