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On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s arrival in Sarajevo set in motion a series of diplomatic missteps and escalations that, within thirty‑seven days, plunged Europe into war. Christopher Clark pulls together fresh archival evidence to chart how the crisis unfolded, interweaving accounts from Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade. The book examines the decades of political tension and alliance-building that pre‑conditioned the great powers, and exposes the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward. Clark demonstrates how the Balkans, a peripheral region, became the epicenter of a drama that would destroy empires and reshape the world.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Christopher Clark
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