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Book ID of catastrophe europe goes to war 1914 #39 s Books is 18488993, Book which was written by max hastings which was published by william collins . This Book which have certain number of Pages
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in 1914 europe plunged into the 20th century s first terrible act of self immolation what was then called the great war on the eve of its centenary max hastings seeks to explain both how the conflict came about and what befell millions of men and women during the first months of strife he finds the evidence overwhelming that austria and germany must accept principal blame for the outbreak while what followed was a vast tragedy he argues passionately against the poets view that the war was not worth winning it was vital to the freedom of europe he says that the kaiser s germany should be defeated his narrative of the early battles will astonish those whose images of the war are simply of mud wire trenches and steel helmets hastings describes how the french army marched into action amid virgin rural landscapes in uniforms of red and blue led by mounted officers with flags flying and bands playing the bloodiest day of the entire western war fell on 22 august 1914 when the french lost 27 000 dead four days later at le cateau the british fought an extraordinary action against the oncoming germans one of the last of its kind in history in october at terrible cost they held the allied line against massive german assaults in the first battle of ypres the author also describes the brutal struggles in serbia east prussia and galicia where by christmas the germans austrians russians and serbs had inflicted on each other three million casualties this book offers answers to the huge and fascinating question what happened to europe in 1914 through max hastings s accustomed blend of top down and bottom up accounts from a multitude of statesmen and generals peasants housewives and private soldiers of seven nations his narrative pricks myths and offers some striking and controversial judgements for a host of readers gripped by the author s last international best seller all hell let loose this will seem a worthy successor
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