Published by Basic Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 0465031455 ISBN 13: 9780465031450
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1St Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Basic Books, New York, 2014
ISBN 10: 0465060749 ISBN 13: 9780465060740
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
softcover. Condition: Nearly fine copy. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st edition. 8vo, 460 pp.
Published by Basic Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 0465031455 ISBN 13: 9780465031450
Seller: John M. Gram, Port Huron, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. ex-library, usual library markings, otherwise clean and sound, mild usage, octavo, 461 pages, first printing.
Published by NY. 2013. Basic Books / Perseus Group., 2013
ISBN 10: 0465031455 ISBN 13: 9780465031450
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
black hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. with minor rubbing, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). xviii+461p. b&w photo illustrations. dramatis personae. chronology. notes. bibliography. index. world history. world war i. politics. diplomacy. conspiracy theory. triple entente. poincare'. sazonov. sir edward grey.~ When a Serbian~backed assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, the world seemed unmoved. Even Ferdinand's own uncle, Franz Josef I, was notably ambivalent about the death of the Hapsburg heir, saying simply, "It is God's will." Certainly, there was nothing to suggest that the episode would lead to conflict~much less a world war of such massive and horrific proportions that it would fundamentally reshape the course of human events. As acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin reveals in July 1914, World War I might have been avoided entirely had it not been for a small group of statesmen who, in the month after the assassination, plotted to use Ferdinand's murder as the trigger for a long~awaited showdown in Europe. The primary culprits, moreover, have long escaped blame. While most accounts of the war's outbreak place the bulk of responsibility on German and Austro~Hungarian militarism, McMeekin draws on surprising new evidence from archives across Europe to show that the worst offenders were actually to be found in Russia and France, and their belligerence and duplicity ensured that war was inevitable. Whether they plotted for war or rode the whirlwind nearly blind, each of the men involved~from Austrian Foreign Minister Leopold von Berchtold and German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Sazonov and French president Raymond Poincare~sought to capitalize on the fallout from Ferdinand's murder, unwittingly leading Europe toward the greatest cataclysm it had ever seen. A revolutionary account of the genesis of World War I, July 1914 tells the gripping story of Europe's countdown to war from the bloody opening act on June 28th to Britain's final plunge on August 4tH showing how a single month~and a handful of men~changed the course of the 20th century.
Published by Icon, London. 2013., 2013
ISBN 10: 1848315937 ISBN 13: 9781848315938
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st. Ed. 8vo. xviii + 461pp. B/w ills. and maps. Original boards with d/w, grey spine with red, black and white text. ISBN 9781848315938 US$10.