This book examines why, in 1914, a Balkan conflict escalated into a general European war. It focuses on the decision-making of each Power during the July-August crisis, and analyses the role of domestic politics, economics, cultural factors, militarism, imperialism, and the international political system. Attention is given to source material and to historiography, notably the ...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published some ninety years after the First World War began, D...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published ninety years after the First World War began, David ...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published ninety years after the First World War began, David ...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published some ninety years after the First World War began, D...(展开全部)

作者唐纳德•卡根（1932- ），美国著名历史学家，耶鲁大学古典学与历史学斯特林教席荣誉退休教授，古希腊历史研究的权威学者，1932年出生于立陶宛北部的库尔舍奈，两岁时随家人移民美国，1958年获得俄亥俄州立大学博士学位，2002年获颁美国国家人文奖章，2005年当选为该年度杰弗逊人文大师，著有《雅典帝国的灭亡》（1987）、《沉睡中的美国》（2000）、《西方的遗产》（2000）、《伯罗奔尼撒战争的爆发》（2003）等。 译者曾德华，湖南通道人，毕业于湖南师范大学英语系，现任教于深圳大学外国语学院，译有《亚历山大大帝》（2010），《未年轻，便老去》（2013）等。

作者唐纳德•卡根（1932- ），美国著名历史学家，耶鲁大学古典学与历史学斯特林教席荣誉退休教授，古希腊历史研究的权威学者，1932年出生于立陶宛北部的库尔舍奈，两岁时随家人移民美国，1958年获得俄亥俄州立大学博士学位，2002年获颁美国国家人文奖章，2005年当选为该年度杰弗逊人文大师，著有《雅典帝国的灭亡》（1987）、《沉睡中的美国》（2000）、《西方的遗产》（2000）、《伯罗奔尼撒战争的爆发》（2003）等。 译者曾德华，湖南通道人，毕业于湖南师范大学英语系，现任教于深圳大学外国语学院，译有《亚历山大大帝》（2010），《未年轻，便老去》（2013）等。

Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War in late October 1914, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Were its leaders 'simple-minded,' 'below-average' individuals, as the doyen of Turkish diplomatic history has argued? Or, as others have claimed, did the Ottomans enter the war because War Minister Enver Pasha, dictating Ottoman decisions, was in thra...(展开全部)

Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War in late October 1914, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Were its leaders 'simple-minded,' 'below-average' individuals, as the doyen of Turkish diplomatic history has argued? Or, as others have claimed, did the Ottomans enter the war because War Minister Enver Pasha, dictating Ottoman decisions, was in thra...(展开全部)

Hew Strachan is one of the world's foremost experts on the Great War of 1914-18. His ongoing three-volume history of the conflict, the first of which was published in 2001, is likely to become the standard academic reference work: Max Hastings called it 'one of the most impressive books of modern history in a generation', while Richard Holmes hailed it as a 'towering achievemen...(展开全部)