The Catastrophe of 1914: Russia's Choice

Only now, one hundred years after the July Crisis of 1914 that triggered World War One, we have a complete picture of the events that occurred. Although scholars enjoy access to numerous sources of all ... ... probability of war in the early 20th century was obvious, with Europe permeated by a network of military and political alliances. The Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy was opposed by the Russian-French bloc. In 1904, the Anglo-French treaty ...