Dance of the furies : Europe and the outbreak of World War I / Michael S. Neiberg.
2011
D511 .N347 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Dance of the furies : Europe and the outbreak of World War I / Michael S. Neiberg.
Author
Neiberg, Michael S.
ISBN
9780674049543 (alk. paper)
0674049543 (alk. paper)
0674049543 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
D511 .N347 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.3/11
Summary
"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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
A clap of thunder in the summer sky
Background to Sarajevo, 1905-1914
The delivery of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum
Drifting into war against her will
The coming of a great storm
Our families will be their victims
Hardening attitudes
An evil dance of the furies.
Background to Sarajevo, 1905-1914
The delivery of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum
Drifting into war against her will
The coming of a great storm
Our families will be their victims
Hardening attitudes
An evil dance of the furies.