Dance of the Furies Europe and the Outbreak of World War I

Name: Dance of the Furies Europe and the Outbreak of World War I
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ISBN: 9780674725935

ISBN-10: 067472593X

ISBN-13: 9780674725935

Edition: 2013

Authors: Michael S. Neiberg

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The common explanation for the outbreak of World War I depicts Europe as a minefield of nationalism, needing only the slightest pressure to set off an explosion of passion that would rip the continent apart. But in a crucial reexamination of the outbreak of violence, Michael Neiberg shows that ordinary Europeans, unlike their political and military leaders, neither wanted nor expected war during the fateful summer of 1914. By training his eye on the ways that people outside the halls of power reacted to the rapid onset and escalation of the fighting, Neiberg dispels the notion that Europeans were rabid nationalists intent on mass slaughter. He reveals instead a complex set of allegiances…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/14/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction



A Clap of Thunder in the Summer Sky



Background to Sarajevo, 1905-1914



The Delivery of the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum



Drifting into War against Her Will



The Coming of a Great Storm



Our Families Will Be Their Victims



Hardening Attitudes



An Evil Dance of the Furies


Conclusion


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index