Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?
by Fromkin, David
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375411569
- ISBN 13
- 9780375411564
- Seller
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Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States
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Synopsis
A riveting narrative of a crucial time in twentieth century history.The Great War not only destroyed the lives of over twenty million soldiers and civilians, it also ushered in a century of huge political and social upheaval, led directly to the Second World War and altered for ever the mechanisms of governments. And yet its causes, both long term and immediate, have continued to be shrouded in mystery. In Europe's Last Summer, David Fromkin reveals a new pattern in the happenings of that fateful July and August, which leads in unexpected directions. Rather than one war, starting with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, he sees two conflicts, related but not inseparably linked, whose management drew Europe and the world into what The Economist described as early as 1914 as 'perhaps the greatest tragedy in human history'.
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- Bookseller
- Wellfleet Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014538
- Title
- Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?
- Author
- Fromkin, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0375411569
- ISBN 13
- 9780375411564
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
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