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Books related to The War that Ended Peace. Skip this list. How Europe tired of peace. This very readable history throws new light on the old questions about the causes of WWI. MacMillan asks, why did the peace fail?

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the To those who love peace there can be no other hope in the present conflict than the defeat, the utter discrediting of the German legend, the ending...

The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress, and hope. But in 1914, Europe walked into a catastrophic conflict that killed millions, bled its economies dry, shook empires and societies to pieces and fatally...

The war was one of history's great turning points, the beginning of what Eric Hobsbawm dubbed the "short 20th century" (which ended in 1989). The victorious allies stuck the blame on Germany at the Versailles Peace Conference, in the "war guilt clause". The idea that Germany was the prime mover...

How Europe abandoned peace for the First World War. MARGARET MacMILLAN is the renowned author of the international bestsellers The War that Ended Peace, Nixon in China and Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War, which won the Duff Cooper Prize...

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The Great War, as Margaret MacMillan notes, marked a turning point in modern history, shattering hopeful views of human progress and leaving a sense of loss and waste. How could such a catastrophe have come to pass? Or, as Ms. MacMillan frames the question, why did peace fail?

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World War One doesn't haunt Europe today - instead the legacy has been a positive one in the long run. Today the European states are closer than ever Over 100 years later, it is still present in the Hungarian national memory - and still shaping Hungarian politics. The peace treaties at the end of...

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Yet, the agreement to end World War I did not resolve the problems of the world and, according to The major causes of World War II were numerous. They include the impact of the Treaty of Versailles following British Prime Minister Chamberlain holding up the Munich Peace Agreement Source: http...

On the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, the Moscow House of Photography has prepared a large-scale international project that brings together the world's leading museums, and public and private archives, depicting the war through the eyes of those who fought on all sides of the...

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“The War That Ended Peace is a masterly explanation of the complex forces that brought the Edwardian world crashing down. Utterly riveting, deeply moving, and impeccably researched, Margaret MacMillan’s latest opus will become the definitive account of old Europe’s final years.” —Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire --This text ...

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The War That Ended Peace, written by Margaret MacMillan and published in 2013, is one of several recent history books exploring the causes of World War I. Impeccably researched, this seven hundred page tome of twenty-two chapters also includes an exhaustive bibliography and a well-placed set of supporting photographs.

Taut, suspenseful, and impossible to put down, The War That Ended Peace is also a wise cautionary reminder of how wars happen in spite of the near-universal desire to keep the peace. Destined to become a classic in the tradition of Barbara Tuchman’s The Guns of August , The War That Ended Peace enriches our understanding of one of the ...

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“The War That Ended Peace is a masterly explanation of the complex forces that brought the Edwardian world crashing down. Utterly riveting, deeply moving, and impeccably researched, Margaret MacMillan’s latest opus will become the definitive account of old Europe’s final years.” —Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire