David Fromkin: Europe's Last Summer

Cover: 9780375725753 | Europe's Last Summer | Who Started the Great War in 1914? | Fromkin

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Beschreibung

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some have cited the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; others have concluded it was unavoidable.

In Europe's Last Summer, David Fromkin provides a different answer: hostilities were commenced deliberately. In a riveting re-creation of the run-up to war, Fromkin shows how German generals, seeing war as inevitable, manipulated events to precipitate a conflict waged on their own terms. Moving deftly between diplomats, generals, and rulers across Europe, he makes the complex diplomatic negotiations accessible and immediate. Examining the actions of individuals amid larger historical forces, this is a gripping historical narrative and a dramatic reassessment of a key moment in the twentieth-century.

Über den Autor

David Fromkin is University Professor and Professor of History at Boston University. He is the author of In the Time of the Americans, a History Book Club selection, and the national best-seller A Peace to End All Peace, which was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize and was singled out by the New York Times Book Review as one of the thirteen “Best Books of the Year” in 1989. He lives in New York City.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Inhalt:	349 S.
ISBN-13:	9780375725753
ISBN-10:	037572575X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Fromkin, David
Hersteller:	Random House Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	203 x 132 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	David Fromkin
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.03.2005
Gewicht:	0,395 kg