TY - GEN T1 - July Crisis : the world's descent into war, summer 1914 A1 - Otte, Thomas G., 1967- LA - English PP - Cambridge, United Kingdom PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn880878072 AB - "This is a magisterial new account of Europe's tragic descent into a largely inadvertent war in the summer of 1914. Thomas Otte reveals why a century-old system of Great Power politics collapsed so disastrously in the weeks from the 'shot heard around the world' on June 28th to Germany's declaration of war on Russia on August 1st. He shows definitively that the key to understanding how and why Europe descended into world war is to be found in the near-collective failure of statecraft by the rulers of Europe and not in abstract concepts such as the 'balance of power' or the 'alliance system'. In this unprecedented panorama of Europe on the brink, from the ministerial palaces of Berlin and Vienna to Belgrade, London, Paris and St Petersburg, Thomas Otte reveals the hawks and doves whose decision-making led to a war that would define a century and which still reverberates today"--Provided by publisher OP - 534 CN - D511 .O83 2014eb SN - 9781107587878 SN - 1107587875 SN - 9781316004852 SN - 1316004856 SN - 9781316009352 SN - 1316009351 SN - 9781316011614 SN - 1316011615 SN - 9781107064904 SN - 1107064902 SN - 9781107695276 SN - 1107695279 KW - Europe : History : July Crisis, 1914. KW - World War, 1914-1918 : Causes. KW - Europe : Histoire : Crise de juillet, 1914. KW - Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 : Causes. KW - HISTORY : Europe : General. KW - HISTORY : Europe : Western. KW - War : Causes KW - Europe KW - Warfare and Defence. KW - 1914-1918 KW - History ER -