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Author | : Michael Howard |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2007-01-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199205590 |
Download The First World War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of the Great War--from the state of Europe in 1914, to the role of the US, the collapse of Russia, and the eventual surrender of the Central Powers. Examining how and why the war was fought, as well as the historical controversies that still surround the war, Michael Howard also looks at how peace was ultimately made, and describes the potent legacy of resentment left to Germany.
Author | : John William Burgess |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Max Hastings |
Publisher | : Collins |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Art and war |
ISBN | : 9780007519743 |
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In 1914, Europe plunged into the 20th century's first terrible act of self-immolation- what was then called The Great War. On the eve of its centenary, Max Hastings seeks to explain both how the conflict came about and what befell millions of men and women during the first months of strife. He finds the evidence overwhelming, that Austria and Germany must accept principal blame for the outbreak.
Author | : John William Burgess |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2017-08-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780649206483 |
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Author | : Holger Afflerbach |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0857453106 |
Download An Improbable War? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The First World War has been described as the "primordial catastrophe of the twentieth century." Arguably, Italian Fascism, German National Socialism and Soviet Leninism and Stalinism would not have emerged without the cultural and political shock of World War I. The question why this catastrophe happened therefore preoccupies historians to this day. The focus of this volume is not on the consequences, but rather on the connection between the Great War and the long 19th century, the short- and long-term causes of World War I. This approach results in the questioning of many received ideas about the war's causes, especially the notion of "inevitability."
Author | : Rinaldo Stroppa-Quaglia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Fromkin |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307425789 |
Download Europe's Last Summer Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some have cited the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; others have concluded it was unavoidable. In Europe’s Last Summer, David Fromkin provides a different answer: hostilities were commenced deliberately. In a riveting re-creation of the run-up to war, Fromkin shows how German generals, seeing war as inevitable, manipulated events to precipitate a conflict waged on their own terms. Moving deftly between diplomats, generals, and rulers across Europe, he makes the complex diplomatic negotiations accessible and immediate. Examining the actions of individuals amid larger historical forces, this is a gripping historical narrative and a dramatic reassessment of a key moment in the twentieth-century.
Author | : Christopher John Bartlett |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1996-10-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1349249580 |
Download Peace, War and the European Powers, 1814–1914 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The causes of war have tended to attract more attention than the causes of peace, yet the two are intimately related, Indeed there was much talk of war during the unprecedentedly long periods of peace between the European great powers in the years 1815-1854 and again in 1871-1914, the Near Eastern crises of 1878 and 1887-8 being only two of the more notable examples. In the case of the latter, there occurred a spell of fatalistic and belligerent talk in both Berlin and Vienna which in many ways anticipated that which gripped those capitals by 1914. A study of the whole question of the best methods by which to defend and advance the national interest is often more illuminating on why wars were avoided that are studies of the documentation surrounding the Holy Alliance, the congress system or the Concert of Europe. It is clear that the Concert tended to become most active only after a war had already been fought, or when the powers had already decided that conflict was likely to prove too costly, dangerous and unpredicatable in its effects both at home and abroad. Thus the Russians twice advanced almost to the gates of Constantinople only to recoil at the implications of trying to obtain control of the Straits. Similarly, Habsburg thoughts of war were frequently neutralised by reminders of financial weakness. This valuable book will be welcomed by anyone wishing to understand the nature of European state relations in the nineteenth century. Professor Bartlett examines why major wars did happen and did not happen, with particular attention being paid to the events of 1914.
Author | : Anthony Arnoux |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
Download The European War: August 1914 - March 1915 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Sean McMeekin |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2014-04-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465038867 |
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When a Serbian-backed assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, the world seemed unmoved. Even Ferdinand's own uncle, Franz Josef I, was notably ambivalent about the death of the Hapsburg heir, saying simply, "It is God's will." Certainly, there was nothing to suggest that the episode would lead to conflict -- much less a world war of such massive and horrific proportions that it would fundamentally reshape the course of human events. As acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin reveals in July 1914, World War I might have been avoided entirely had it not been for a small group of statesmen who, in the month after the assassination, plotted to use Ferdinand's murder as the trigger for a long-awaited showdown in Europe. The primary culprits, moreover, have long escaped blame. While most accounts of the war's outbreak place the bulk of responsibility on German and Austro-Hungarian militarism, McMeekin draws on surprising new evidence from archives across Europe to show that the worst offenders were actually to be found in Russia and France, whose belligerence and duplicity ensured that war was inevitable. Whether they plotted for war or rode the whirlwind nearly blind, each of the men involved -- from Austrian Foreign Minister Leopold von Berchtold and German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Sazonov and French president Raymond Poincaré- sought to capitalize on the fallout from Ferdinand's murder, unwittingly leading Europe toward the greatest cataclysm it had ever seen. A revolutionary account of the genesis of World War I, July 1914 tells the gripping story of Europe's countdown to war from the bloody opening act on June 28th to Britain's final plunge on August 4th, showing how a single month -- and a handful of men -- changed the course of the twentieth century.