Catastrophe 1914
by Max Hastings · first published 2014
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Catastrophe 1914 - Max Hastings : Great book about what triggered WW1, the state of the world at that time. Just a great read in general. The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China : Sun Tzu isn't the only military…
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography_of_the_causes_o... I'd encourage anyone interested to first read more than one of the works listed in order to better appreciate the various arguments - perhaps Max Hastings' Catastrophe 1914 as a very readable restatement of the mainstream position to contrast with Clark's Sleepwalkers - before approaching fringe material like Hidden History.
on “Are we sleepwalking into World War III?” ↗