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Burden of Guilt - How Germany Shattered the Last Days of Peace, Summer 1914 (Hardcover)
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Burden of Guilt - How Germany Shattered the Last Days of Peace, Summer 1914 (Hardcover)
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The conflagration that consumed Europe in August 1914 had been a
long time in coming and yet it need never have happened at all. For
though all the European powers were prepared to accept a war as a
resolution to the tensions which were fermenting across the
Continent, only one nation wanted war to come: Imperial Germany. Of
all the countries caught up in the tangle of alliances, promises,
and pledges of support during the crisis that followed the
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Germany alone possessed
the opportunity and the power to determine that a war in eastern
Europe would become The Great War, which swept across the Continent
and nearly destroyed a thousand years of European civilization.For
nearly nine decades it has been argued that the responsibility for
the First World War was a shared one, spread among all the Great
Powers. Now, in The Burden of Guilt, historian Daniel Allen Butler
has substantively challenged that point of view, establishing that
the Treaty of Versailles was actually a correct and fair judgment:
Germany did indeed bear the true responsibility for the Great
War.Working from government archives and records, as well as
personal papers and memoirs of the men who made the decisions that
carried Europe to war, Butler interweaves the events of summer 1914
with portraits of the monarchs, diplomats, prime ministers, and
other national leaders involved in the 1914 crisis. He explores the
national policies and goals these men were pursuing, and shows
conclusively how on three distinct occasions the Imperial German
government was presented with opportunities to contain the
spreading crisis opportunities unlike those of any other nation
involved yet each time, the German government consciously and
deliberately chose the path which virtually assured that the
Continent would go up in flames.The Burden of Guilt is a work
destined to become an essential part of the library of the First
World War, vital to understanding not only the how but also the why
behind the pivotal event of modern world history.REVIEWS Author
Daniel Allen Butler has taken the long accepted premise that World
War I was the combined fault of all the European world powers at
the time and argues that it was Germany alone that was responsible
for beginning and prolonging the bloody conflict. Military
Heritage, 12/2010 presents a controversial analysis of the
diplomatic and political events leading up to the start of World
War I rests the blame for the conflict squarely at the feet of
Germany arguing that deliberate actions or inactions by German
leaders at key moments in the crisis forced the world inexorably to
war. Book News, 10/20/2010 essential reading for anyone wishing to
understand not only the how but the why behind one of the most
pivotal events of world history. Lone Star Book Review,
10/2010Windscreen Winter 2011 lively and informative analysis of
the events leading up to The Great War and political leaders who
were involved. The Maple Leaf, Western Front Association"
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