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Author Martel, Gordon, author.

Title The month that changed the world : July 1914 / Gordon Martel.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  940.311 M361m 2014    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Edition First edition.
Description xxii, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-470) and index.
Contents List of principal characters -- A diplomatic lexicon -- Prologue: The long European peace -- The making of a crisis : The killing ; The reaction -- The July Crisis : Friday, 24 July ; Saturday, 25 July ; Sunday, 26 July ; Monday, 27 July ; Tuesday, 28 July ; Wednesday, 29 July ; Thursday, 30 July ; Friday, 31 July -- Days of decision : Saturday to Tuesday, 1-4 August -- The aftermath. Making sense of the madness.
Summary Dedicating a chapter to every day of July 1914, the author retraces the actions that led to World War I, beginning with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and following leaders of the time as they escalated the crisis.
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history.
Europe -- History -- July Crisis, 1914.
Austria -- History -- Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916.
July Crisis (Europe : 1914) (OCoLC)fst01907508
World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
Diplomatic history. (OCoLC)fst01905576
War -- Causes. (OCoLC)fst01170331
Austria. (OCoLC)fst01204901
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Chronological Term 1848 - 1918
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title July 1914, the month that changed the world
ISBN 9780199665389
0199665389

 
    
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