Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Drawing on the latest research, historian Christopher Clark offers a fresh perspective on the First World War, focusing not on the battlefields and bloodshed, but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of well-meaning leaders to a brutal conflict. Clark traces the path to war, examining in detail how key decisions were made in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade, and looks at the preceding history that led to the events of 1914, mutual misunderstandings, and unintended signals that triggered a full-scale crisis in just a few weeks.