Screen LibraryJuly Crisis : the world's descent into war, summer 1914 /
"This is a magisterial new account of Europe's tragic descent into a largely inadvertent war in the summer of 1914. Thomas Otte reveals why a century-old system of Great Power politics collapsed so disastrously in the weeks from the 'shot heard around the world' on June 28th to G...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: |
2015 ©2014 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First paperback edition 2015. |
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| Summary: |
"This is a magisterial new account of Europe's tragic descent into a largely inadvertent war in the summer of 1914. Thomas Otte reveals why a century-old system of Great Power politics collapsed so disastrously in the weeks from the 'shot heard around the world' on June 28th to Germany's declaration of war on Russia on August 1st. He shows definitively that the key to understanding how and why Europe descended into world war is to be found in the near-collective failure of statecraft by the rulers of Europe and not in abstract concepts such as the 'balance of power' or the 'alliance system'. |
| Carrier Form: | xxiv, 534 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107695276 (paperback) : 9781316009352 1316009351 |
| Index Number: | D511 |
| CLC: |
K143 K505 |
| Call Number: | K505/O896 |
| Contents: | Prelude: the road to Sarajevo -- Sarajevo and its echoes: 28 June to 5 July -- The triumph of tactics over strategy: 6 to 21 July -- Localizing the crisis, 19 to 23 July -- The ultimatum: 23 to 26 July -- Localizing the war: 26 to 28 July -- Escalation: 29 July to 4 August. |