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Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?
Contributor(s): Fromkin, David (Author), Sklar, Alan (Read by)
ISBN: 1470892340     ISBN-13: 9781470892340
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
OUR PRICE:   $26.96  
Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats
Published: September 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - General
- History | Military - World War I
Dewey: 940.311
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
 
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Publisher Description:
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 the Great War of 1914 began has long vexed historians. In a gripping narrative, Fromkin shows that hostilities were started deliberately and that two wars were waged, one serving as pretext for the other. Shedding light on such current issues as preventive war and terrorism, Fromkin provides detailed descriptions of the negotiations and incisive portraits of the diplomats, generals, and rulers as he reveals why diplomacy was destined to fail.

Contributor Bio(s): Fromkin, David: -

David Fromkin is professor of international relations, history, and law at Boston University. He is the author of A Peace to End All Peace, a national bestseller that was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize and that was singled out by the New York Times Book Reviewas one of the thirteen best books of the year in 1989. He lives in New York City.

Sklar, Alan: -

Alan Sklar, a graduate of Dartmouth, has excelled in his career as a freelance voice actor. He began narrating audiobooks in 1996, winning seven AudioFile Earphones Awards and earning several "Best Voice" awards. He has also worked as a stage actor and as a promo announcer at WPIX-TV in New York City. His dream is to be an opera singer, a role for which he hones his bass-baritone operatic skills in the upstairs shower of his home.