ASIN: B00RIANXQI
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 72
*Includes pictures*Profiles Franz Ferdinand and the people behind the overarching conspiracy to assassinate him*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“It is nothing.” – Archduke Franz Ferdinand after being shot on June 28, 1914Although a couple of wars were fought on the European continent during the 19th century, an uneasy peace was mostly maintained across the continent for most of the 19th century after Napoleon. Despite this ostensible peace, the Europeans were steadily conducting arms races against each other, particularly Germany and Britain. Britain had been the world’s foremost naval power for centuries, but Germany hoped to build its way to naval supremacy. The rest of Europe joined in on the arms race in the decade before the war started. With Europe anticipating a potential war, all that was missing was a conflagration. That would start in ...
