The Lost History of 1914 : Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began (Hardcover)

from douboy50

Interesting treatment of "what if" scenarios for preventing the First World War. Or.....conversely, scenarios of reasons why world leaders acted the way they did due to circumstances in their own country. There always has been a thesis that countries enter wars (or seek external enemies) in order...

from nbmars

Most people learn that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the spark that ignited World War I, and that, because of interlocking military alliances, the war was inevitable even without that specific immediate cause. However, in The Lost History of 1914, Jack Beatty challe...

from tloeffler

More specific detail than usual about what was happening in each of the affected countries during 1914 leading up to the war. Interesting information, but a little bit dry.