July Crisis: The World's Descent Into War, Summer 1914

by T.G. Otte

Book Overview

This is a magisterial new account of Europe's tragic descent into a largely inadvertent war in the summer of 1914. Thomas Otte reveals why a century-old system of Great Power politics collapsed so disastrously in the weeks from the 'shot heard around the world' on June 28th to Germany's declaration of war on Russia on August 1st. He shows definitively that the key to understanding how and why Europe descended into world war is to be found in the near-collective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107695279
• ISBN13: 9781107695276
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"