Europe's last summer
Subtitle: who started the Great War in 1914?
By: David Fromkin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780375411564
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes.
Other titles: Who started the Great War in 1914?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-336) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue.; title: Out of the blue; title: The importance of the question; title: A summer to remember; title: Part one : Europe's tensions.; title: Empires clash; title: Classes struggle; title: Nations quarrel; title: Countries arm; title: Zarathustra prophesies; title: Diplomats align; title: Part two : Walking through minefields.; title: The Eastern Question; title: A challenge for the Archduke; title: Explosive Germany; title: Part three : Drifting toward war.; title: Macedonia : out of control; title: Austria : first off the mark; title: France and Germany make their play; title: Italy grasps, then the Balkans do too; title: The Slavic tide; title: Europe goes to the brink; title: More Balkan tremors; title: An American tries to stop it; title: Part four : Murder!; title: The last waltz; title: In the land of the assassins; title: The Russian connection; title: The terrorists strike; title: Europe yawns; title: Disposing of the bodies; title: Rounding up the suspects; title: Part five : Telling lies.; title: Germany signs a blank check; title: The great deception; title: Berchtold runs out of time; title: The secret is kept; title: Part six : Crisis!; title: The fait is not accompli; title: Presenting an ultimatum; title: Serbia more or less accepts; title: Part seven : Countdown.; title: Showdown in Berlin; title: July 26; title: July 27; title: July 28; title: July 29; title: July 30; title: July 31; title: August 1; title: August 2; title: August 3; title: August 4; title: Shredding the evidence; title: Part eight : The mystery solved.; title: Assembling in the library; title: What did not happen; title: The key to what happened; title: What was it about?; title: Who could have prevented it?; title: Who started it?; title: Could it happen again?; title: Summing up; title: Epilogue. Austria's war; title: Germany's war; title: Appendix 1 : The Austrian note; title: Appendix 2 : The Serbian reply; title: Who was who