Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

Vintage, 2014. 1ST. SOFTCOVER. VERY GOOD. 1ST. 6.1 x 1.15 x 9.2 inches. pp. 704. Publisher: Vintage; Illustrated edition (May 13, 2014) Language: English SOFTCOVER: 704 pages ISBN-10: 0307743837 ISBN-13: 978-0307743831 Item Weight: 1.48 POUNDS Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.15 x 9.2 inches. From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles-the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg-that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches. In Catastrophe 1914, Max Hastings gives us a conflict different from the familiar one of barbed wire, mud, and futility. He traces the path to war, making clear why Germany and Austria-Hungary were primarily to blame, and describes the gripping first clashes in the West, where the French army marched into action in uniforms of red and blue with flags flying and bands playing.