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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
006114665X
ISBN-13
9780061146657
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038207815
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sleepwalkers : How Europe Went to War in 1914
Number of Pages
736 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Modern / 20th Century, Military / World War I, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), World, Europe / General
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Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
1.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Trade
LCCN
2012-038473
Reviews
Easily the best book ever written on the subject. A work of rare beauty that combines meticulous research with sensitive analysis and elegant prose. The enormous weight of its quality inspires amazement and awe. . . . Academics should take note: Good history can still be a good story., A monumental new volume. . . . Revelatory, even revolutionary. . . . Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable., "Excellent. . . . Where Clark excels is in explaining how the pre-war diplomatic maneuvers resembled a giant exercise in game theory."-, Excellent. . . . The book is stylishly written as well as superb scholarship. No analysis of the origins of the First World War will henceforth be able to bypass this magisterial work., Superb. . . . One of the great mysteries of history is how Europe's great powers could have stumbled into World War I. . . . This is the single best book I have read on this important topic.|9780061146657|, Superb. . . . One of the great mysteries of history is how Europe's great powers could have stumbled into World War I. . . . This is the single best book I have read on this important topic., "An important book. . . . One of the most impressive and stimulating studies of the period ever published." -- Max Hastings, The Sunday Times "Excellent. . . . The book is stylishly written as well as superb scholarship. No analysis of the origins of the First World War will henceforth be able to bypass this magisterial work." -- Ian Kershaw, BBC History "The most readable account of the origins of the First World War since Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August . The difference is that The Sleepwalkers is a lovingly researched work of the highest scholarship." -- Niall Ferguson "This compelling examination of the causes of World War I deserves to become the new standard one-volume account of that contentious subject." -- Foreign Affairs "Clark is a masterly historian. . . . His account vividly reconstructs key decision points while deftly sketching the context driving them. . . . A magisterial work." -- The Wall Street Journal "A monumental new volume. . . . Revelatory, even revolutionary. . . . Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable." -- The Boston Globe "Easily the best book ever written on the subject. . . . A work of rare beauty that combines meticulous research with sensitive analysis and elegant prose. The enormous weight of its quality inspires amazement and awe. . . . Academics should take note: Good history can still be a good story." -- The Washington Post "A meticulously researched, superbly organized, and handsomely written account." -- MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History "Superb. . . . One of the great mysteries of history is how Europe's great powers could have stumbled into World War I. . . . This is the single best book I have read on this important topic." -- Fareed Zakaria "A thoroughly comprehensive and highly readable account. . . . The brilliance of Clark's far-reaching history is that we are able to discern how the past was genuinely prologue. . . . In conception, steely scholarship and piercing insights, his book is a masterpiece." -- Harold Evans, The New York Times Book Review "As spacious and convincing a treatment as has yet appeared. . . . Clark's prose is clear and laced with color." -- The Daily Beast "A great book. . . An amazing narrative history of the crisis and the larger context." -- Slate "A superb account of the causes of the first world war. . . . Clark brilliantly puts this illogical conflict into context." -- The Guardian "This book is as authoritative as it is gripping. . . . Clark provides a vivid panorama of the jostling among Europe's policymakers. . . . The reader is rapt as 'watchful but unseeing' protagonists head for inconceivable horror." -- The Independent "Excellent. . . . Where Clark excels is in explaining how the pre-war diplomatic maneuvers resembled a giant exercise in game theory."- -- The Economist "Clark's narrative sophistication, his philosophical awareness, and his almost preternatural command of his sources make The Sleepwalkers an exemplary instance of how to navigate this tricky terrain. The best book on the origins of the First World War that I know." -- Thomas Laqueur, The London Review of Books "One of 2013's finest nonfiction books. . . . Offers more up-to-date scholarship than you'll find in a classic like Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August ." -- Matthew Yglesias, Slate, A thoroughly comprehensive and highly readable account. . . . The brilliance of Clark's far-reaching history is that we are able to discern how the past was genuinely prologue. . . . In conception, steely scholarship and piercing insights, his book is a masterpiece., 'A meticulously researched, superbly organized, and handsomely written account.' ( MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History ), An important book. . . . One of the most impressive and stimulating studies of the period ever published., "Excellent. . . . The book is stylishly written as well as superb scholarship. No analysis of the origins of the First World War will henceforth be able to bypass this magisterial work." - Ian Kershaw, BBC History "Christopher Clark has written the most readable account of the origins of the First World War since Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August . The difference is that The Sleepwalkers is a lovingly researched work of the highest scholarship. It is hard to believe we will ever see a better narrative of what was perhaps the biggest collective blunder in the history of international relations." - Niall Ferguson "The most readable account of the origins of the First World War since Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August . The difference is that The Sleepwalkers is a lovingly researched work of the highest scholarship." - Niall Ferguson "Excellent. . . . Where Clark excels is in explaining how the pre-war diplomatic maneuvers resembled a giant exercise in game theory."- - The Economist "A superb account of the causes of the first world war. . . . Clark brilliantly puts this illogical conflict into context." - The Guardian "One of 2013's finest nonfiction books. . . . Offers more up-to-date scholarship than you'll find in a classic like Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August ." - Matthew Yglesias, Slate "This book is as authoritative as it is gripping. . . . Clark provides a vivid panorama of the jostling among Europe's policymakers. . . . The reader is rapt as 'watchful but unseeing' protagonists head for inconceivable horror." - The Independent "A breathtakingly good book. . . . Clark's narrative sophistication, his philosophical awareness, and his almost preternatural command of his sources make The Sleepwalkers an exemplary instance of how to navigate this tricky terrain. It is not only the best book on the origins of the First World War that I know but a brilliant and intellectually bracing model for the writing of history more generally." - Thomas Laqueur, The London Review of Books "Clark's narrative sophistication, his philosophical awareness, and his almost preternatural command of his sources make The Sleepwalkers an exemplary instance of how to navigate this tricky terrain. The best book on the origins of the First World War that I know." - Thomas Laqueur, The London Review of Books "A monumental new volume. . . . Revelatory, even revolutionary. . . . Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable." - The Boston Globe "Easily the best book ever written on the subject. . . . A work of rare beauty that combines meticulous research with sensitive analysis and elegant prose. The enormous weight of its quality inspires amazement and awe. . . . Academics should take note: Good history can still be a good story." - The Washington Post "A meticulously researched, superbly organized, and handsomely written account." - MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History "Superb. . . . One of the great mysteries of history is how Europe's great powers could have stumbled into World War I. . . . This is the single best book I have read on this important topic." - Fareed Zakaria "A thoroughly comprehensive and highly readable account. . . . The brilliance of Clark's far-reaching history is that we are able to discern how the past was genuinely prologue. . . . In conception, steely scholarship and piercing insights, his book is a masterpiece." - Harold Evans, The New York Times Book Review "An important book. . . . One of the most impressive and stimulating studies of the period ever published." - Max Hastings, The Sunday Times, As spacious and convincing a treatment as has yet appeared. . . . Clark's prose is clear and laced with color., Easily the best book ever written on the subject. . . . A work of rare beauty that combines meticulous research with sensitive analysis and elegant prose. The enormous weight of its quality inspires amazement and awe. . . . Academics should take note: Good history can still be a good story., The most readable account of the origins of the First World War since Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August . The difference is that The Sleepwalkers is a lovingly researched work of the highest scholarship., A superb account of the causes of the first world war. . . . Clark brilliantly puts this illogical conflict into context., Clark is a masterly historian. . . . His account vividly reconstructs key decision points while deftly sketching the context driving them. . . . A magisterial work., 'An important book. . . . One of the most impressive and stimulating studies of the period ever published.' ( Max Hastings, The Sunday Times ), This compelling examination of the causes of World War I deserves to become the new standard one-volume account of that contentious subject., This book is as authoritative as it is gripping. . . . Clark provides a vivid panorama of the jostling among Europe's policymakers. . . . The reader is rapt as 'watchful but unseeing' protagonists head for inconceivable horror., One of 2013's finest nonfiction books. . . . Offers more up-to-date scholarship than you'll find in a classic like Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August ., Clark's narrative sophistication, his philosophical awareness, and his almost preternatural command of his sources make The Sleepwalkers an exemplary instance of how to navigate this tricky terrain. The best book on the origins of the First World War that I know., 'A monumental new volume. . . . Revelatory, even revolutionary. . . . Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable.' ( The Boston Globe )
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One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clark's riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself, but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict. Clark traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts between the key decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade, and examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914 and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short weeks. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers is a dramatic and authoritative chronicle of Europe's descent into a war that tore the world apart., One of The New York Times Book Review 's 10 Best Books of the Year Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clark's riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself, but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict. Clark traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts between the key decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade, and examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914 and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short weeks. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers is a dramatic and authoritative chronicle of Europe's descent into a war that tore the world apart., The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clark's riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself, but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict. Clark traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts between the key decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade, and examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914 and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short weeks. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers is a dramatic and authoritative chronicle of Europe's descent into a war that tore the world apart.
LC Classification Number
D511.C54 2013
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