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The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914
by MacMillan, Margaret
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- ISBN 10
- 014317360X
- ISBN 13
- 9780143173601
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About This Item
Penguin Canada, 2014. Trade Paperback. As New. Like New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - 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.
Synopsis
Margaret MacMillan received her PhD from Oxford University and is now a professor of international history at Oxford, where she is also the warden of St. Antony’s College. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; a senior fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto; and an honorary fellow of Trinity College, University of Toronto, and of St Hilda’s College, Oxford University. She sits on the boards of the Mosaic Institute and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and on the editorial boards of The International History Review and First World War Studies . She also sits on the advisory board of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation and is a Trustee of the Rhodes Trust. Her previous books include Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History, Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World, Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India , and Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize, and the Duff Cooper Prize and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice.
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- Alright Bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005080
- Title
- The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914
- Author
- MacMillan, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 014317360X
- ISBN 13
- 9780143173601
- Publisher
- Penguin Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2014
- Pages
- 739
- Keywords
- Armed Forces, Army Life, The Art Of War, Nonfiction, Military, World War I
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - War;
- X weight
- 1.2 g
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