Dance of the Furies : Europe and the Outbreak of World War I.
Neiberg, Michael S.
Dance of the Furies : Europe and the Outbreak of World War I. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (331 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. A Clap of Thunder in the Summer Sky -- 2. Background to Sarajevo, 1905-1914 -- 3. The Delivery of the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum -- 4. Drifting into War against Her Will -- 5. The Coming of a Great Storm -- 6. Our Families Will Be Their Victims -- 7. Hardening Attitudes -- 8. An Evil Dance of the Furies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Looking beyond diplomats and generals, Neiberg shows that neither nationalist passions nor desires for revenge took Europe to war in 1914. Dance of the Furies gives voice to a generation who suddenly found themselves compelled to participate in a ghastly, protracted orgy of violence they never imagined would come to pass.
9780674061170
World War, 1914-1918-Causes.
World War, 1914-1918-Diplomatic history.
Electronic books.
D511
940.3/11
Dance of the Furies : Europe and the Outbreak of World War I. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (331 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. A Clap of Thunder in the Summer Sky -- 2. Background to Sarajevo, 1905-1914 -- 3. The Delivery of the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum -- 4. Drifting into War against Her Will -- 5. The Coming of a Great Storm -- 6. Our Families Will Be Their Victims -- 7. Hardening Attitudes -- 8. An Evil Dance of the Furies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Looking beyond diplomats and generals, Neiberg shows that neither nationalist passions nor desires for revenge took Europe to war in 1914. Dance of the Furies gives voice to a generation who suddenly found themselves compelled to participate in a ghastly, protracted orgy of violence they never imagined would come to pass.
9780674061170
World War, 1914-1918-Causes.
World War, 1914-1918-Diplomatic history.
Electronic books.
D511
940.3/11