Burden of Guilt: How Germany Shattered the Last Days of Peace, Summer 1914

by Daniel Allen Butler

The conflagration that consumed Europe in August 1914 had been a long time in coming--and yet it need never have happened at all. For though all the European powers were prepared to accept a war as a resolution to the tensions which were fermenting across the Continent, only one nation wanted war to come: Imperial Germany. Of all the countries caught up in the tangle of alliances, promises, and pledges of support during the crisis that followed the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193514927X
• ISBN13: 9781935149279
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"