The sleepwalkers : how Europe went to war in 1914
Clark, Christopher
The sleepwalkers : how Europe went to war in 1914 / Christopher Clark - First U.S. edition. - New York : HarperCollins Publishers , 2013 - 697 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
On the morning of June 28, 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sarajevo railway station, Europe was at peace. Thirty-seven days later, it was at war. The conflict that resulted would kill more than fifteen million people, destroy three empires, and permanently alter world history. The Sleepwalkers reveals in gripping detail how the crisis leading to World War I unfolded. Drawing on fresh sources, it traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts among the key decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade. How did the Balkans--a peripheral region far from Europes centers of power and wealth--come to be the center of a drama of such magnitude? How had European nations organized themselves into opposing alliances, and how did these nations manage to carry out foreign policy as a result? Clark reveals a Europe racked by chronic problems--a fractured world of instability and militancy that was, fatefully, saddled with a conspicuously ineffectual set of political leaders. These rulers, who prided themselves on their modernity and rationalism, stumbled through crisis after crisis and finally convinced themselves that war was the only answer. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Sleepwalkers is a magisterial account of one of the most compelling dramas of modern times.
9780061146657
2012038473
World War, 1914-1918----Causes.
World War 1914 - 1918----Diplomatic history
Europe----Politics and government----1871-1918
D511 / .C54 2013
940.3 CLA
The sleepwalkers : how Europe went to war in 1914 / Christopher Clark - First U.S. edition. - New York : HarperCollins Publishers , 2013 - 697 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
On the morning of June 28, 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sarajevo railway station, Europe was at peace. Thirty-seven days later, it was at war. The conflict that resulted would kill more than fifteen million people, destroy three empires, and permanently alter world history. The Sleepwalkers reveals in gripping detail how the crisis leading to World War I unfolded. Drawing on fresh sources, it traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts among the key decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade. How did the Balkans--a peripheral region far from Europes centers of power and wealth--come to be the center of a drama of such magnitude? How had European nations organized themselves into opposing alliances, and how did these nations manage to carry out foreign policy as a result? Clark reveals a Europe racked by chronic problems--a fractured world of instability and militancy that was, fatefully, saddled with a conspicuously ineffectual set of political leaders. These rulers, who prided themselves on their modernity and rationalism, stumbled through crisis after crisis and finally convinced themselves that war was the only answer. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Sleepwalkers is a magisterial account of one of the most compelling dramas of modern times.
9780061146657
2012038473
World War, 1914-1918----Causes.
World War 1914 - 1918----Diplomatic history
Europe----Politics and government----1871-1918
D511 / .C54 2013
940.3 CLA
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