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The Guns of August by Barbara W Tuchman ; about the people and events that lead to WW1. How and why it started. Why it could be stopped but did not.
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The Guns Of August
The Guns of August; about the people and events that lead to the to world war one. This rare novel is history but reads like a compelling, nail biting novel.It is written based on evidence. Needless to say the author starts out with ” So gracious was the spectacle on the morning of May 1910, when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward V11 of England,that the crowd waiting in hushed and black clad awe, could not keep back grasp admiration”.This event in effect marked the end of the European Order between England and Germany
The book also examine the changes since Victorian era,Germany’s thirst for power, And Britain encircling. Thus the assassination of Ferdinand 1914, the martial stage is set, what follows is a carnage.
