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When an assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, no one could have imagined the shocking bloodshed that would soon follow. Indeed, as award-winning historian Sean McMeekin reveals in July 1914 , World War I might indeed have been avoided entirely had it not been for the actions of a small group of statesmen in the month after the assassination. Whether they plotted for war or rode the whirlwind nearly blind, these men sought to capitalize on the fallout from Ferdinand's murder, unwittingly leading Europe toward the greatest cataclysm it had ever seen. A deeply-researched account of the genesis of World War I, July 1914 tells the gripping story of the month that changed the course of the 20th century.
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"Almost impossible to put down...A punchy and riveting narrative."--R.J.W. Evans, New York Review of Books
"Gripping and well-researched...In prose of admirable clarity, [McMeekin] relates the enormously complex events of that fateful summer."--National Review
"Lucid, convincing and full of rich detail, the book is a triumph of the narrative method and a vivid demonstration that chronology is the logic of history."--Independent (London)
"A fascinating and original study of the opening stages of World War I."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"A work of meticulous scholarship...Irresistible."--Sunday Times (London)
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"Gripping and well-researched...In prose of admirable clarity, [McMeekin] relates the enormously complex events of that fateful summer."--National Review
"Lucid, convincing and full of rich detail, the book is a triumph of the narrative method and a vivid demonstration that chronology is the logic of history."--Independent (London)
"A fascinating and original study of the opening stages of World War I."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"A work of meticulous scholarship...Irresistible."--Sunday Times (London)
"Gripping and well-researched... In prose of admirable clarity, [McMeekin] relates the enormously complex events of that fateful summer."-National Review
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- PublisherBasic Books
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0465060749
- ISBN 13 9780465060740
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages480
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