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Gripping, step by step account of the five fateful weeks in 1914 that led to the First World WarInvestigates the twists and turns of the July Crisis afresh to show how the catastrophe really unfurledHighlights how the personalities of the leading statesmen were central to the unfolding crisisMakes clear how little the conflict was in fact premeditated, preordained, or even predictableThe story of a terrible, unnecessary tragedy, as the Great Powers escalated a Balkan problem into the cataclysm of general war
PROLOGUE: THE LONG EUROPEAN PEACE
PART ONE: The Making of a Crisis
The Killing
The Reaction
PART TWO: The July Crisis
Day One: Friday, 24 July
Day Two: Saturday, 25 July
Day Three: Sunday, 26 July
Day Four: Monday, 27 July
Day Five: Tuesday, 28 July
Day Six: Wednesday, 29 July
Day Seven: Thursday, 30 July
Day Eight: Friday, 31 July
PART THREE: Days of Decision
Saturday to Tuesday, 1-4 August
PART FOUR: The Aftermath
Making Sense of the Madness
Notes
List of Works Cited
Picture Acknowledgements
Index
Περιγραφή
Gripping, step by step account of the five fateful weeks in 1914 that led to the First World WarInvestigates the twists and turns of the July Crisis afresh to show how the catastrophe really unfurledHighlights how the personalities of the leading statesmen were central to the unfolding crisisMakes clear how little the conflict was in fact premeditated, preordained, or even predictableThe story of a terrible, unnecessary tragedy, as the Great Powers escalated a Balkan problem into the cataclysm of general war
