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The lost history of 1914, reconsidering the year the Great War began, Jack Beatty

Label
The lost history of 1914, reconsidering the year the Great War began, Jack Beatty
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The lost history of 1914
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
733231465
Responsibility statement
Jack Beatty
Sub title
reconsidering the year the Great War began
Summary
Challenges beliefs that World War I was inevitable, documenting largely forgotten events in each of the warring countries to reveal how several factors may have prevented the war or caused a different outcome
Table Of Contents
Germany : saber rule -- Russia : sea of tears -- England : Ulster will fight -- The United States and Mexico : the president and the bandit -- Austria-Hungary : Franz Ferdinand lives : a counterfactual -- France : the wages of imperialism -- The victory of the spade -- Home fronts I -- Home fronts II
Content
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