Europe's Last Summer. Who Started the Great War in 1914? (Repost)
D. Fromkin - Europe's Last Summer. Who Started the Great War in 1914?
Random House | 2004 | ISBN: 0375411569 | English | 350 pages | PDF | 106.01 MB
Random House | 2004 | ISBN: 0375411569 | English | 350 pages | PDF | 106.01 MB
Author David Fromkin provides an intelligently written and deeply researched of the political situation and diplomatic relations that unfolded in Europe in the summer of 1914. There are many key and novel insights in Fromkin’s book. One is the conclusion that Germany sought war with Russia out of fear that Russia’s growing economic and military power coupled with its vast population would allow it to surpass Germany in a short period of time. 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.