Product Description

In analyzing the causes of World War I without concern for the question of guilt, the author places emphasis on two central facts: first, that when statesmen and peoples took actions they knew might lead to war, they were not envisaging the catastrophe that the war became but rather a quick and limited war; and, second, that among the many conflicts that might have led to war, the one that did was the threat to the integrity of Austria-Hungary posed by Serbia and Serb nationalism.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #916553 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 284 pages

From the Publisher
Also by Laurence Lafore and available from Waveland Press: The End of Glory: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War II (ISBN 1577662342).