![]() ![]() However, given the vast amount of available material on World War I and the daunting task of trying to produce a readable account, Clark has succeeded admirably. Patience will be necessary to wade through the myriad details. Surely he read every journal, letter, accounting and government document related to every nation and player in this period indeed, there are points where some readers may wonder if this is a case of research rapture. of Cambridge Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947, 2006, etc.) lays out the long and violent history of Serbian nationalism, the confusion in the dying Austro-Hungarian empire and the struggle for dominance between the British and Russian empires. While explaining the irredentist mindset of Serbia then, the author also illuminates the causes of the Balkan unrest that erupted again in the 1990s. A massive, wide-ranging chronicle of the events, personalities and failures of the run-up to World War I.Ĭlark (Modern European History/Univ. ![]()
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