Find Request It

Cover Image

Europe's last summer who started the Great War in 1914?

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.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fromkin, David
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Vintage Books, 2005.
Edition:	1st Vintage Books Ed.
Subjects:	World War, 1914-1918 > Causes.
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	xi, 349 p. : ill., 1 map ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-336) and index.
ISBN:	037572575X (pbk.) 9780375725753 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	David Henry Fromkin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 27, 1932. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. He worked as a lawyer and investor until becoming a published author in his 40s and a professor in his 60s. He wrote seven books including The Question of Government: An Inquiry into the Breakdown of Modern Political Systems; A Peace to End All Peace; In the Time of the Americans: F.D.R., Truman, Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur - the Generation that Changed America's Role in the World; Kosovo Crossing: The Reality of American Intervention in the Balkans; Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?; and The King and the Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners. He was a professor at Boston University from 1994 until 2013. He died from heart failure on June 11, 2017 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography)