内容简介
TheSleepwalkers:HowEuropeWenttoWarin1914ishistorianChristopherClark'srivetingaccountoftheexplosivebeginningsofWorldWarI.Drawingonnewscholarship,ClarkoffersafreshlookatWorldWarI,focusingnotonthebattlesandatrocitiesofthewaritself,butonthecomplexeventsandrelationshipsthatledagroupofwell-meaningleadersintobrutalconflict.Clarktracesthepathstowarinaminute-by-minute,action-packednarrativethatcutsbetweenthekeydecisioncentersinVienna,Berlin,St.Petersburg,Paris,London,andBelgrade,andexaminesthedecadesofhistorythatinformedtheeventsof1914anddetailsthemutualmisunderstandingsandunintendedsignalsthatdrovethecrisisforwardinafewshortweeks.Meticulouslyresearchedandmasterfullywritten,ChristopherClark'sTheSleepwalkersisadramaticandauthoritativechronicleofEurope'sdescentintoawarthattoretheworldapart.