Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I

331 Pages·2011·1.67 MB·English

by  Michael S. Neiberg

DANCE OF THE FURIES

D A N C E O F T HE F UR IE S
EUROPE AND THE OUTBREAK OF
WORLD WAR I
Michael S. Neiberg
the belknap press of
harvard university press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, En gland
2011
Copyright © 2011 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Neiberg, Michael S.
Dance of the furies : Europe and the outbreak of World War I / Michael S. Neiberg.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-674-04954-3 (alk. paper)
1. World War, 1914–1918—Causes.
2. World War, 1914–1918—Diplomatic history. I. Title.
D511.N347 2011
940.3′11—dc22 2011001209
For my parents, Larry and Phyllis Neiberg, with love

CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 A Clap of Thunder in the Summer Sky 10
2 Background to Sarajevo, 1905–1914 36
3 The Delivery of the Austro- Hungarian Ultimatum 66
4 Drifting into War against Her Will 93
5 The Coming of a Great Storm 121
6 Our Families Will Be Their Victims 150
7 Hardening Attitudes 180
8 An Evil Dance of the Furies 208
Conclusion 234
Notes 239
Acknowledgments 285
Index 287
(Illustrations follow page 120)

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DANCE OF THE FURIES