History
The Guns of August
Barbara W. Tuchman
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Europe stumbled into a war nobody quite wanted because mobilization timetables and inflexible plans left leaders no room to stop.
A detailed account of the diplomatic failures and the first month of the First World War, showing how rigid war plans and misjudgment turned a crisis into catastrophe.
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