“Amonumentalnewvolume....Revelatory,evenrevolutionary....Clarkhasdoneamasterfuljobexplainingtheinexplicable.“--BostonGlobeOneofTheNewYorkTimesBookReview’s10BestBooksoftheYear-WinneroftheLosAngelesTimesBookPrize(History)HistorianChristopherClark’srivetingaccountoftheexplosivebeginningsofWorldWarI.Drawingonnewscholarship,ClarkoffersafreshlookatWorldWarI,focusingnotonthebattlesandatrocitiesofthewaritself,butonthecomplexeventsandrelationshipsthatledagroupofwell-meaningleadersintobrutalconflict.Clarktracesthepathstowarinaminute-by-minute,action-packednarrativethatcutsbetweenthekeydecisioncentersinVienna,Berlin,St.Petersburg,Paris,London,andBelgrade,andexaminesthedecadesofhistorythatinformedtheeventsof1914anddetailsthemutualmisunderstandingsandunintendedsignalsthatdrovethecrisisforwardinafewshortweeks.Meticulouslyresearchedandmasterfullywritten,TheSleepwalkersisadramaticandauthoritativechronicleofEurope’sdescentintoawarthattoretheworldapart.
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