TheWarthatEndedPeace:HowEuropeabandonedpeacefortheFirstWorldWar
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- 出版社 ProfileBooksLtd
- 出版时间 2014年6月
- ISBN 9781846682735
- 定价 112.80
内容简介
WINNERoftheInternationalAffairsBookoftheYearatthePoliticalBookAwards2014LonglistedfortheSamuelJohnsonPrize2013TheFirstWorldWarfollowedaperiodofsustainedpeaceinEuropeduringwhichpeopletalkedwithconfidenceofprosperity,progressandhope.Butin1914,Europewalkedintoacatastrophicconflictwhichkilledmillionsofitsmen,bleditseconomiesdry,shookempiresandsocietiestopieces,andfatallyunderminedEurope'sdominanceoftheworld.Itwasawarwhichcouldhavebeenavoideduptothelastmoment-sowhydidithappen?Beginningintheearlynineteenthcentury,andendingwiththeassassinationofArchDukeFranzFerdinand,award-winninghistorianMargaretMacMillanuncoversthehugepoliticalandtechnologicalchanges,nationaldecisionsand-justasimportant-thesmallmomentsofhumanmuddleandweaknessthatledEuropefrompeacetodisaster.ThismasterfulexplorationofhowEuropechoseitspathtowardswarwillchangeandenrichhowweseethisdefiningmomentinourhistory.
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