July 1914 Countdown to War

Name: July 1914 Countdown to War
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ISBN: 9780465060740

ISBN-10: 0465060749

ISBN-13: 9780465060740

Edition: N/A

Authors: Sean McMeekin

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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…

Book details

List price: $31.99
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 4/29/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.25" long x 1.65" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Sean McMeekin is Assistant Professor of History at KoÃ§ University in Istanbul, Turkey.