![]() ![]() ![]() Macmillan manages to synthesise a consideration of the environmental and structural factors in the years before 1914 with a sympathetic and engaging examination of the particular motivations and characters of the men who took Europe to war in 1914. The book does not tell a new story of the origins of World War I, but it does tell a more intimate one. The War that Ended Peace can truly be termed a masterful work of scholarship, detailing the origins of the war in both outstanding breadth and depth. It is therefore an appropriate time for Politics in Spires to review Professor MacMillan’s recent book on this origins of the First World War, The War that Ended Peace. Below is an interview with Margaret Macmillan and a review by her interviewer, Katharine Brooks. This month, which sees the centenary anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, is a time of reflection and remembrance for Europe. ![]()
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