If one had to read but one account of this momentous period of recent history, it perhaps should be this meticulously researched work since it certainly 'covers all the bases' between 1900 and 1914. However, to get getting a clearer picture, there are far more readable* and more intriguing** books. Whilst MacMillan has the advantage of not being European (she is Canadian), I felt no better informed after 608 pages, just exhausted.
*Tuchman's August 1914 qv **Clark's The Sleepwalkers qv
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 75 Winter 2015 ) |
