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Random house in the latter half of the 20th century, historians often concentrated on social movements and economic forces. Margaret macmillan looks at the ways in which war has influenced human society and how, in turn, changes in political organization, technology, or ideologies have affected how and why we fight. A war is long over, but many still seek to learn its lessons. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The war that ended peace quotes by margaret macmillan.
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The logic of macmillan s argument is such that even now, as she leads us day by day, hour by hour through the aftermath of the assassination of archduke franz. As for the bookend role, i decided to read the war that ended peace because i thoroughly enjoyed macmillans account of the versailles conference, paris 1919. Taut, suspenseful, and impossible to put down, the war that ended peace is also a wise cautionary reminder of how wars happen in spite of the nearuniversal desire to keep the peace. But in 1914, europe walked into a catastrophic conflict that killed millions, bled its economies dry, shook empires and societies to.
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