THE BURDEN OF GUILT: How Germany Shattered the Last Days of Peace

For sales THE BURDEN OF GUILT: How Germany Shattered the Last Days of Peace, Summer 1914. The conflagration that consumed Europe in August 1914 had been a long time in coming-and yet it need never have happened at all For though all the European powers were prepared to accept a war as a resolution to the tensions which were fermenting across the Continent, only one nation wanted war to come: Imperial Germany Of all the countries caught up in the tangle of alliances, promises, and pledges of support during the crisis that followed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Germany alone possessed the opportunity and the THE BURDEN OF GUILT: How Germany Shattered the Last Days of Peace power to determine that a war in eastern Europe would become The Great War, which swept across the Continent and nearly destroyed a thousand years of European civilization.For nearly nine decades it has been argued that the responsibility for the First World War was a shared one, spread among all the Great Powers Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Condition: New ... Learn more »

THE BURDEN OF GUILT: How Germany Shattered the Last Days of Peace Review: THE BURDEN OF GUILT: How Germany Shattered the Last Days of Peace, Summer 1914. This book about WWI is great! It will go down as a classic. This book is really a remake of Barbara Tuchman's "Guns of August". It reviews the days right before World War One. Mr. Daniel Allen Butler kind of goes back in time to the older version of what caused WWI, Germany. Recent books have said that it started almost by accident. He goes back to the reasons that were fresh in everyone's mind in 1920 at Versailles. That alone has probably worth the read. People have forgotten that ... Read more »

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