ISBN10: 037572575X, ISBN13: 9780375725753, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some have cited the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; others have concluded it was unavoidable.In Europes Last Summer, David Fromkin provides a different answer: hostilities were commenced deliberately. In a riveting re-creation of the run-up to war, Fromkin shows how German generals, seeing war as inevitable, manipulated events to precipitate a conflict waged on their own terms. Moving deftly between diplomats, generals, and rulers across Europe, he makes the complex diplomatic negotiations accessible and immediate. Examining the actions of individuals amid larger historical forces, this is a gripping historical narrative and a dramatic reassessment of a key moment in the twentieth-century. Draws on current scholarship to argue that the hostilities that led to World War I were intentionally started, describing the negotiations and personalities of key leaders that contributed to the failure of diplomacy efforts and offering insights into such current issues as preventative war and ter Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 037572575X, ISBN13: 9780375725753, [publisher: Vintage Books] Softcover reprint edition. 349 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.
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New York, NY Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2005 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 384 p.

ISBN10: 037572575X, ISBN13: 9780375725753, [publisher: Vintage] Softcover
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Vintage, Date: 2005-03-08. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2005. Vintage ISBN 037572575X 9780375725753 [US]