Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?, (Paperback)

from meegeekai

Very interesting book on the events leading up to the start of WWI. After reading this book you will understand that many of the causes that lead to the eventual rise of the Third Reich had their genesis prior to the start of the WWI. The authors style is a bit off, but that was really the only d...

from Sullywriter

A concise, accessible, and absorbing chronicle of the weeks leading up to the outbreak of the Great War following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Fromkin argues that there was not an accidental slide into bloody conflict exacerbated by complex alliances, ideologies, racism, or ferv...

from RobertDay

A concise and readable study of the last few weeks of peace in 1914. Early on, I felt the author was rushing the story and glossing over some key points; I quickly realised that that was the only way to keep a general reader interested and to sort through the complex events of July 1914. Fromkin ...

from RobertDay

A concise and readable study of the last few weeks of peace in 1914. Early on, I felt the author was rushing the story and glossing over some key points; I quickly realised that that was the only way to keep a general reader interested and to sort through the complex events of July 1914. Fromkin ...