Europe's Last Summer - Softcover
The Great War not only destroyed the lives of over 20 million soldiers and civilians, it ushered in a century of huge political and social upheaval, led directly to the WW-II and altered for ever the mechanisms of governments. This book reveals a fresh pattern in the happenings of that fateful July and August, which leads in unexpected directions.
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"He has a gift for seeing the whole world and for packing complicated material into a few boldly stroked sentences" (New York Times)
"Fromkin gives some excellent pen portraits of the principals and uses quotations to deadly effect" (Sunday Times)
"A crisp, lively, day-by-day account of that fateful summer... This book, both decisive and nuanced, is as convincing as it is appalling" (Foreign Affairs)
"An absorbing history of WWI's origins... Superb" (Newsweek)
"An enormously impressive book, a popular history brimming with fresh scholarship" (Weekly Standard)
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"Fromkin gives some excellent pen portraits of the principals and uses quotations to deadly effect" (Sunday Times)
"A crisp, lively, day-by-day account of that fateful summer... This book, both decisive and nuanced, is as convincing as it is appalling" (Foreign Affairs)
"An absorbing history of WWI's origins... Superb" (Newsweek)
"An enormously impressive book, a popular history brimming with fresh scholarship" (Weekly Standard)
A riveting narrative of a crucial time in twentieth century history.
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- Publication date2005
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