A Handful of Bullets: How the Murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Still Menaces the Peace

by Harlan K. Ullman

Book Overview

The Great War or the "War to end all wars" as promised by President Woodrow Wilson was neither great nor ultimately conclusive. Precipitated by the assassination of the Austro--Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in the streets of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, World War I demolished the order established by the Concert of Vienna, an order that had maintained the peace in Europe for almost a century. The ensuing carnage laid the foundation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612517994
• ISBN13: 9781612517995
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"