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First publish date: 2007
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: Holger Afflerbach
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From the bestselling author of *Paris 1919*, Margaret Olwen Macmillan delivers a vivid narrative nonfiction portrait of Europe from 1900 to the outbreak of World War I, charting the personalities, rivalries, and miscalculations that ended the era of peace.
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In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published some ninety years after the First World War began, David Stevenson re-examines the causes, course and impact of this 'war to end war', placing it in the context of its era and exposing its underlying dynamics. His book provides a wide-ranging international history, drawing on insights from the latest research. It offers compelling answers to the key questions about how this terrible struggle unfolded: questions that remain disturbingly relevant for our own time.
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The Evolution of Modern Strategy by Edward N. Luttwak
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