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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (331 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674061170
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dance of the FuriesDDC classification:
  • 940.3/11
LOC classification:
  • D511
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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