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This book is fascinating introduction to the complex era from 1878 to the end of World War I. The forty years before 1914 were a period of extraordinary peace and prosperity, but this world came to a dramatic end with the start of the First World War. Stone explores the political history of the period running up to the war, setting events in the context of social, economic and cultural changes. The period was marked by complexity: in politics parties were emerging, dividing and revesing their alliances: intenational affairs were complicated by the manoeuvrings of six major European powers; at…mehr

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This book is fascinating introduction to the complex era from 1878 to the end of World War I. The forty years before 1914 were a period of extraordinary peace and prosperity, but this world came to a dramatic end with the start of the First World War. Stone explores the political history of the period running up to the war, setting events in the context of social, economic and cultural changes. The period was marked by complexity: in politics parties were emerging, dividing and revesing their alliances: intenational affairs were complicated by the manoeuvrings of six major European powers; at the same time dramatic economic and social cahnges were occurring, populations were increasing, the family altering, education developing and attitudes to religion changing. Norman Stone makes sense of this confusing era by exploring these common European themes and establishing a political and international chronology for readers to follow. He reveals the individual character of the European countries, discussing the five Great Powers in essay rather than narrative form. He treats war and revolution in a seperate section and concludes by considering the cultural developments of the period.
Autorenporträt
Norman Stone is currently Professor of InternationalRelations at Bilkent University, Ankara, TUrkey, where he isDirector of the Turkish-Russian Institute. He was previouslyProfessor of Modern History at the University of Oxford and aFellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His first book, TheEastern Front, 1914-1017 (1975) won the Wolfson Prize forHistory in 1976. His other works include Hitler (1980);Czechoslovakia: Crossroads and Crises, edited with EdwardStroughal (1989); and The Other Russian: the Expereience ofExile edited with Michael Glenny (1990).
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"The general reader, after deep gulps of prose, will wonder whythey were ever led to think that history is a dull subject. Stone'sfellow professionals will only be able to take his narrative insmall doses, needing frequent pauses to think, snort or wrigglewith envy." The Spectator

'This is a facinating book, elegant, witty, original,informative and many-sided...The general reader, after deep gulpsof prose, will wonder why they were ever led to think that historyis a dull subject. His fellow professionals will only be able totake his narrative in small doses, needing frequent pauses tothink, snort or wriggle with envy... There really cannot have beena teacher like Norman Stone for many years, and his readers willnow jealously compete with his pupils for his time.' John KeeganmSpectator