Martel, Gordon, author.
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-470) and index.
• Prologue : the long European peace — Part one. The making of a crisis. The killing — The reaction — Part two. The July Crisis. Day one : Friday, 24 July — Day two : Saturday, 25 July — Day three : Sunday, 26 July — Day four : Monday, 27 July — Day five : Tuesday, 28 July — Day six : Wednesday, 29 July — Day seven : Thursday, 30 July — Day eight : Friday, 31 July — Part three. Days of decision. Saturday to Tuesday, 1-4 August — Part four. The aftermath. Making sense of the madness.
• Dedicating a chapter to every day of July 1914, the author retraces the actions that led to World War I, beginning with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and following leaders of the time as they escalated the crisis.

Subjects:

• World War, 1914-1918 — Causes.
• World War, 1914-1918 — Diplomatic history.
• Europe — History — July Crisis, 1914.
• Austria — History — Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916.

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