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Margaret Olwen Macmillan’s *The War That Ended Peace* offers an exhaustive, narrative nonfiction account of Europe from 1900 up to the opening battle of World War I. The work traces how seemingly secure great powers—Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor Franz Joseph, Tsar Nicholas II, King Edward VII, and others—were drawn into a conflict by complex personal rivalries, shifting alliances, and colonial ambitions. Macmillan also highlights the voices of failed peacemakers such as Alfred Nobel and Bertha von Suttner, and characters who sensed the rising tensions—Winston Churchill, Count Harry Kessler, Madame Caillaux. Through detailed portraits and careful scholarship, the book shows how a handful of leaders’ decisions shattered the long peace and set the stage for world war, serving as a cautionary tale about the fragility of peace.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Politics & Government/International Relations
Authors: Margaret Olwen Macmillan
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