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World War I: A Tragedy That Divided Europe and the World

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World War I: A Tragedy That Divided Europe and the World
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In the summer of 1914, in Sarajevo, Serbian student Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. A local conflict in the Balkans escalated into the Great War, which claimed millions of lives, destroyed empires, and led to political chaos that eventually led to World War II. Chemical weapons, attritional trench warfare, ethnic cleansing—all of this was World War I. It changed the world forever, yet no one emerged victorious. Thus ended the "long 19th century" and began the "short 20th" century—an era of dictatorships, total wars, and genocides. British historian John Keegan creates a sweeping canvas in which military and political analysis intertwines with personal stories.

"The chronicle of battles constitutes the darkest pages of military history." We will hear no loud fanfares for the millions who met their deaths on the bleak plains of Picardy and Poland, or prayers for the leaders who unleashed this carnage. The political results are insignificant compared to the sacrifices incurred. A ruined Europe has ceased to be the center of world civilization, and Christian kingdoms have given way to godless tyrannies." (John Keegan)
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