The Fall of the Dynasties : The Collapse of the Old Order: 1905-1922 (Paperback)

from AlexTheHunn

This book looks at four major empires / dynasties that collapsed in the early twentieth century. The Romanovs, Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs lost their empires in World War I; the Ottomans only lasted another five years. This is not the say that Taylor argues that the war caused the collapse; merel...

from keylawk

Taylor is an excellent historian (although he is another male author with a veritable harem of females doing the actual work), with his multi-lingual background in diplomatic European journalism compassing and explaining (1) the collapse of the dynasties which ruled Europe and (2) the outbreak of...

from aajay

One of the best books I've read on the causes and results of the first world war. It gives this war the importance I believe it should have in having shaped the world we live in now. A very readable book with perspectives and details I have not encountered in other books.

from aajay

One of the best books I've read on the causes and results of the first world war. It gives this war the importance I believe it should have in having shaped the world we live in now. A very readable book with perspectives and details I have not encountered in other books.