Russian Origins of the First World War

by Sean McMeekin

Book Overview

The catastrophe of the First World War, and the destruction, revolution, and enduring hostilities it wrought, make the issue of its origins a perennial puzzle. Since World War II, Germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Now, in a major reinterpretation of the conflict, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notions of the war's beginning as either a Germano-Austrian preemptive strike or a "tragedy of miscalculation." Instead, he proposes that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674072332
• ISBN13: 9780674072336
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"