The month that changed the world : July 1914 / Gordon Martel.
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: xxii, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780199665389
- 0199665389
- July 1914, the month that changed the world
- D511 .M268 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-470) and index.
The long European peace -- The making of a crisis. The killing ; The reaction -- The July Crisis. Friday, 24 July ; Saturday, 25 July ; Sunday, 26 July ; Monday, 27 July ; Tuesday, 28 July ; Wednesday, 29 July ; Thursday, 30 July ; Friday, 31 July -- Days of decision. Saturday to Tuesday, 1-4 August -- The aftermath. Making sense of the madness.
Dedicating a chapter to every day of July 1914, the author retraces the actions that led to World War I, beginning with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and following leaders of the time as they escalated the crisis.