ISBN10: 0802778119, ISBN13: 9780802778116, [publisher: Walker & Company] Hardcover Walker & Company Historical Books (Walker & Company) Lost History of 1914, The (EX/NM) (dust jacket VG+)Manufacturer: Walker & CompanyProduct Line: Historical Books (Walker & Company)Type: HardcoverCopyright Date: 2012Author: Jack BeattyPage Count: 392Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is EX/NM - dust jacket VG+. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description:In The Lost History of 1914, Jack Beatty offers a highly original view of World War I, testing against fresh evidence the long-dominant assumption that it was inevitable. "Most books set in 1914 map the path leading to war," Beatty writes. "This one maps the multiple paths that led away from it."Chronicling largely forgotten events faced by each of the belligerent countries in the months before the war started in August, Beatty shows how any one of them-a possible military coup in Germany; an imminent civil war in Britain; the murder trial of the wife of the likely next premier of France, who sought détente with Germany-might have derailed the war or brought it to a different end. In Beatty's hands, these stories open into epiphanies of national ...