Europe Transformed: 1878-1919 by Norman Stone (.ePUB)(.AZW3)
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Europe Transformed: 1878-1919 (2nd Edition) by Norman Stone
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Overview: This book provides readers with an introduction to the complex era from 1878 to the end of World War I.
‘The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.’ This, one of the most famous comments in European history, was said by the British foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, as he watched the lights of Whitehall gradually being extinguished on the evening when, in 1914, Great Britain and Germany went to war. At the time, not many people shared Grey’s opinion of what was happening. They thought that it was war ‘for civilization’; throughout Europe, men rushed to the barracks, and cities exploded in patriotic euphoria. It was only after four years of slaughter, after Bolshevism in Russia, after the rise of fascism, after the disintegration of the European economy in the Slump, that people appreciated what Grey had meant.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History > Politics > World War 1
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