The Sleepwalkers - How Europe Went to War in 1914

The title, The Sleepwalkers, says it all. I have never understood WHY the great powers of Europe went to war in 1914 and after reading this, it is clear that they did not know either. This book is about HOW it happened, in a huge narrative on all the contributing players, from the tubercular assassin of Archduke Ferdinand to the ineffectual Tsar in Russia and the erratic Kaiser Wilhelm of ...

Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914. Christopher Clark Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by thanking Sir Richard Evans and Valerie Shrimplin for inviting me to present this lecture this evening, and I would like also to thank all of you for coming along, and I would like to thank, and also apologise to, the people who are standing outside, and one hopes perhaps watching this ...