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Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? (originale 2004; edizione 2005)

di David Fromkin (Autore)

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This book is a dramatic reassessment of the causes of the Great War. The early summer of 1914 was the most glorious Europeans could remember. But, behind the scenes, the most destructive war the world had yet known was moving inexorably into being, a war that would continue to resonate into the twenty-first century. The question of how it began has long vexed historians. Many have cited the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand; others have concluded that it was nobody's fault. But David Fromkin -- whose account is based on the latest scholarship -- provides a different answer. He makes plain that hostilities were commenced deliberately. In a gripping narrative that has eerie parallels to events in our own time, Fromkin shows that not one but two wars were waged, and that the first served as pretext for the second. Shedding light on such current issues as preemptive war and terrorism, he provides detailed descriptions of the negotiations and incisive portraits of the diplomats, generals, and rulers -- the Kaiser of Germany, the Czar of Russia, the Prime Minister of England, among other key players. And he reveals how and why diplomacy was doomed to fail. - Jacket flap. Draws on current scholarship to argue that hostilities that led to World War I were started intentionally, describing the negotiations and personalities of key leaders that contributed to the failure of diplomatic efforts.… (altro)
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Titolo:Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?
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A concise, accessible, and absorbing chronicle of the weeks leading up to the outbreak of the Great War following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Fromkin argues that there was not an accidental slide into bloody conflict exacerbated by complex alliances, ideologies, racism, or fervent nationalism. He pins the blame on the Central Powers, arguing that the war was the product of a deliberate agenda on the part of the military elite in Germany and, to a lesser degree, in Austria. ( )
  Sullywriter | May 22, 2015 |
Une excellente synthèse qui apporte des réponses à une question sans réponse. ( )
  Nikoz | Jul 28, 2014 |
A concise and readable study of the last few weeks of peace in 1914. Early on, I felt the author was rushing the story and glossing over some key points; I quickly realised that that was the only way to keep a general reader interested and to sort through the complex events of July 1914. Fromkin does concentrate on the who and the when, and whilst he describes many of the underlying features of international politics in the decade before the outbreak of war, this is not his main hypothesis. But he does set these issues into their proper place in the general context; and he does point out that it only takes one country to start a war.

He places the blame mostly on the shoulders of von Moltke, who advocated war between Germany and Russia before Russia became too powerful, and who manouvered Kaiser Wilhelm into offering Austria a "blank cheque" for its long-planned war against Serbia, knowing that this would draw Russia into conflict and giving Germany the pretext of waging war on Russia. He also dismisses the long-held opinion that the war was the result of the interlocking political landscape of international alliances; I feel that this is an over-simplification. To me, the alliances and treaties were what turned an Eastern European war into a world war.

Still: the reasons for Germany's and Austria's actions are properly examined and if you are looking for a good single source on the origins of World War I, this is the one I would recommend. ( )
1 vota RobertDay | Feb 5, 2014 |
An excellent and readable account of the summer of 1914, although I found the title somewhat annoying, as we have had plenty of summers since 1914, but a small quibble. David Fromkin explains the complex web of events very clearly and concisely. He also sums up the action after a few chapters, useful if you haven't quite followed things or missed something. I am no expert on these events but for me he gave the latest research and thinking and often summarised previous or alternative ideas around disputed ideas. The story is told in a clear time-line and it was an interesting and even gripping tale, well told. ( )
1 vota CarolKub | Apr 21, 2013 |
3873. Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?, by David Fromkin (read 7 Apr 2004) Mainly because I was so impressed by Fromkin's A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East 1914-1922 (read 28 Jan 1996) and In the Time of the Americans FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur -- The Generation That Changed America's Role in the World (read 18 Feb 1996), I read this new book by him (though with a title like that how could I not read it?) It is on a subject on which I have read much, including Sidney Bradshaw Fay's two volumes (in 1968) and Luigi Albertini's three volumes (in 1986). This book is easy to read and is not reluctant to arrive at conclusions, all of which I liked. He says there were two wars: Austria's against Serbia, which von Berchtold and Conrad wanted, and the war on Russia, which Helmuth con Moltke, the German Army chief of staff wanted. While the book is not well footnoted, it is still pretty persuasive. A great book on an endlessly fascinating subject. ( )
2 vota Schmerguls | Nov 3, 2007 |
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This book is a dramatic reassessment of the causes of the Great War. The early summer of 1914 was the most glorious Europeans could remember. But, behind the scenes, the most destructive war the world had yet known was moving inexorably into being, a war that would continue to resonate into the twenty-first century. The question of how it began has long vexed historians. Many have cited the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand; others have concluded that it was nobody's fault. But David Fromkin -- whose account is based on the latest scholarship -- provides a different answer. He makes plain that hostilities were commenced deliberately. In a gripping narrative that has eerie parallels to events in our own time, Fromkin shows that not one but two wars were waged, and that the first served as pretext for the second. Shedding light on such current issues as preemptive war and terrorism, he provides detailed descriptions of the negotiations and incisive portraits of the diplomats, generals, and rulers -- the Kaiser of Germany, the Czar of Russia, the Prime Minister of England, among other key players. And he reveals how and why diplomacy was doomed to fail. - Jacket flap. Draws on current scholarship to argue that hostilities that led to World War I were started intentionally, describing the negotiations and personalities of key leaders that contributed to the failure of diplomatic efforts.

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