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.
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