Dance of the furies : Europe and the outbreak of World War I / Michael S. Neiberg.

"Neiberg marshals letters, diaries, and memoirs of ordinary citizens across Europe to show that the onset of war was experienced as a sudden, unexpected event. As they watched a minor diplomatic crisis erupt into a continental bloodbath, they expressed shock, revulsion, and fear. But when barga...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Neiberg, Michael S. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • A clap of thunder in the summer sky
  • Background to Sarajevo, 1905-1914
  • The delivery of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum
  • Drifting into war against her will
  • The coming of a great storm
  • Our families will be their victims
  • Hardening attitudes
  • An evil dance of the furies.