Full name: The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914

Author: Margaret MacMillan Year: 2013 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military, Politics, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781400068555 9780812980660 140006855X 0812980662

The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress, and hope. But in 1914, Europe walked into a catastrophic conflict that killed millions, bled its economies dry, shook empires and societies to pieces, and fatally undermined Europe's dominance of the world. It was a war that could have been avoided up to the last moment--so why did it happen? Beginning in the early nineteenth century and ending with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, award-winning historian Margaret Macmillan uncovers the huge political and technological changes, national decisions, and just as important, the small moments of human muddle and weakness that led Europe from peace to disaster. This masterful exploration of how Europe chose its path towards war will change and enrich how we see this defining moment in history. Similar books: The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark The Origins of the First World War by James Joll Europe's Last Summer by David Fromkin The Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter Englund The Lost History of 1914 by Jack Beatty The First World War by John Keegan The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson World War One by Norman Stone The Vanquished by Robert Gerwarth Rites of Spring by Modris Eksteins The First World War by Martin Gilbert A World Undone by G. J. Meyer The Deluge by Adam Tooze July 1914 by Sean McMeekin The First World War by Hew Strachan Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton Auschwitz by Laurence Rees This Kind of War by T. R. Fehrenbach Black Earth by Timothy Snyder A Line in the Sand by James Barr