Folly and Malice: The Habsburg Empire, the Balkans and the Start of World War One (English Edition)
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Book Details
Author(s)John Zametica
PublisherZitebooks
ISBN / ASINB07K4QB7MG
ISBN-13978B07K4QB7M2
Sales Rank260,533
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
The First World War ended on Armistice Day, November 11th 1918, but in commemorating its centenary did we actually gain any fresh insight into how that ‘war of wars’ really began? And has the example of two competing power blocs in 1914 any warning lessons to offer the world in 2018?
The answer is yes - as of November 11th, 2018, with this Armistice anniversary kindle edition release of Folly and Malice: the Habsburg Empire, the Balkans and the Start of World War One by John Zametica. This immaculately-researched book moves forever the goalposts of our understanding of what led to the Great War, and hints at the mindset that could lead to another one. Its plethora of evidenced discoveries includes the long-sought ‘smoking gun’ of war guilt. And of innocence: “Through meticulous research he proves beyond doubt that the notorious Serbian terrorist group the Black Hand did not plan the plot, nor was the government involved … His vivid description of the murders on June 28 is the best we have.” (Mark Cornwall, TLS, Apr 3, 2018). Zametica additionally opens up the possibility that there may have been not one but two conspiracies which ensured the assassination of the Archduke at Sarajevo in 1914: the one by young Bosnians, and a parallel one at the highest level of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to ensure that they succeeded at least in making the attempt.
Folly and Malice reveals that ‘fake news’ about responsibility for the assassination was used to excuse the war. It deconstructs the standard story about what led to World War One. It exposes a litany of historical errors by the great and the good. The great conspiracy story that wasn't. The great reformer who wasn't. The war-stirring alliance that was desperate for peace. Is history just intellectual fashion or can we trust it to act like a science? This book offers a once only treatise on the issue.
The answer is yes - as of November 11th, 2018, with this Armistice anniversary kindle edition release of Folly and Malice: the Habsburg Empire, the Balkans and the Start of World War One by John Zametica. This immaculately-researched book moves forever the goalposts of our understanding of what led to the Great War, and hints at the mindset that could lead to another one. Its plethora of evidenced discoveries includes the long-sought ‘smoking gun’ of war guilt. And of innocence: “Through meticulous research he proves beyond doubt that the notorious Serbian terrorist group the Black Hand did not plan the plot, nor was the government involved … His vivid description of the murders on June 28 is the best we have.” (Mark Cornwall, TLS, Apr 3, 2018). Zametica additionally opens up the possibility that there may have been not one but two conspiracies which ensured the assassination of the Archduke at Sarajevo in 1914: the one by young Bosnians, and a parallel one at the highest level of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to ensure that they succeeded at least in making the attempt.
Folly and Malice reveals that ‘fake news’ about responsibility for the assassination was used to excuse the war. It deconstructs the standard story about what led to World War One. It exposes a litany of historical errors by the great and the good. The great conspiracy story that wasn't. The great reformer who wasn't. The war-stirring alliance that was desperate for peace. Is history just intellectual fashion or can we trust it to act like a science? This book offers a once only treatise on the issue.
