

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some have cited the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; others have concluded...


The Great War not only destroyed the lives of over twenty million soldiers and civilians it also ushered in a century of huge political and social upheaval led directly to the Second World War and altered for ever the mechanisms of governments. And yet its causes both long...

The early summer of 1914 was the most glorious Europeans could remember. But, behind the scenes, the most destructive war the world had yet known was moving inexorably into being, a war that would continue to resonate into the twenty-first century. The question of how...