The Sleepwalkers
How Europe Went to War in 1914
Ranked #7 in World War I, Ranked #19 in European History — see more rankings.
The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering efficiency, it fulfilled its every aim: it would liberate Bosnia from Habsburg rule and it created a powerful new Serbia, but it also brought down four great empires, killed millions of men and destroyed a civilization. What made a seemingly prosperous and complacent Europe so vulnerable to the impact of this assassination?
In The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark retells the... more
In The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark retells the... more
Rankings by Category
The Sleepwalkers is ranked in the following categories:
- #66 in Diplomacy
- #98 in French History
- #49 in German History
- #96 in World History
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