Dance of the furies [electronic resource] : Europe and the outbreak of World War I / Michael S. Neiberg.

Dance of the furies [electronic resource] : Europe and the outbreak of World War I / Michael S. Neiberg.

9780674061170 electronic book
9780674049543

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.

English

1 online resource (292 p., [28] p. of plates) : ill.

D511 .N347 2011eb

940.3/11

"Neiberg marshals letters, diaries, and memoirs of ordinary citizens across Europe to show that the onset of war was experienced as a sudden, unexpected event. As they watched a minor diplomatic crisis erupt into a continental bloodbath, they expressed shock, revulsion, and fear. But when bargains between belligerent governments began to crumble under the weight of conflict, public disillusionment soon followed. Yet it was only after the fighting acquired its own horrible momentum that national hatreds emerged under the pressure of mutually escalating threats, wartime atrocities, and intense government propaganda"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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