by Margaret MacMillan · Profile Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781846682735
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In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, Margaret MacMillan presents a fascinating portrait of Europe from 1900 up to the outbreak of World War I. The previous century had been the most peaceful period Europe had known since the fall of the Roman Empire. However, complex personalities and rivalries, colonialism, ethnic nationalisms, and shifting alliances contributed to the failure of the long peace and the outbreak of a war that transformed Europe and the world. With indelible portraits, MacMillan shows how the fateful decisions of a few powerful people changed the course of history, reminding us how wars can happen despite the near-universal desire to keep the peace.
Margaret Olwen MacMillan is a Canadian historian and emeritus professor at the University of Oxford. She is former provost of Trinity College, Toronto, and professor of history at the University of Toronto and previously at Ryerson University. MacMillan is an expert on the history of international relations.
