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The Sleepwalkers
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 | Christopher Clark
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One of The New York Times Book Reviews 10 Best Books of the Year Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clarks riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself, but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict. Clark traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts between the key decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade, and examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914 and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short weeks. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Christopher Clarks The Sleepwalkers is a dramatic and authoritative chronicle of Europes descent into a war that tore the world apart.
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JazzFeathers
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Seriously, if l want to write my April AtoZ Challenge on WWI, l need to finish this book that has been setting on my stand for almost 2 year.

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JazzFeathers
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#SummersEndReadathon

I've been called back to work from my holidays and this has been a disaster for my reading schedule.
I didn't read one page yesterday, but today l did some progress on both these books.

The Sleepwalkers is becoming so interesting now that l'm starting to disentangle the complex relationships between the different nations.

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JazzFeathers
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My reading stand.

I was called back to work from my holidays for an emergency today. My workmate's mothers fell and broke a leg. I had to go and cover her at the shop while she ran to the hospital.

I'm so tired l don't know whether l can read anything tonight.

#SummersEndReadathon

Scochrane26 Sorry you had a disruption to your vacation time. 5y
Clwojick It sucks that you had to cut your weekend short, but it‘s wonderful that you were there to help out your coworker during her time of need. 5y
JazzFeathers @Scochrane26 @Clwojick l could not say no, seeing the situation. She would have done the same for me. 5y
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JazzFeathers
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#SummersEndReadathon @Clwojick
#24B4Monday @TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65

Managed to read a bit this afternoon.
This is a very interesting book about Europe before WWI broke out. Bit dense and certainly complex, though. Not a light read. But interesting.

Andrew65 Coming along nicely. 👏😊👍 5y
Nute I think that readathons definitely help us to push through books like these. You are an inspiration!🙌🏽 5y
Clwojick ♥️♥️ 5y
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JazzFeathers
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So. I suppose it's time to start my research for my next AtoZ Challenge.
I never thought l'd do it, but l'm going for WWI. To think that when l started researching 1920s Europe l thought, l'm never going to research WWI. I'm not interested in wars at all.

Louise This looks like a really interesting book. Until I read the Maisie Dobbs mysteries by Jacqueline Winspeare, I didn‘t know much at all about WWI. It‘s hard to comprehend why human beings haven‘t yet found a better way to resolve conflict whenever it arises. 5y
JazzFeathers @Louise l've only read the introduction, but it does sound very interesting. 5y
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JazzFeathers
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Ahem... l'm afraid a few books fell into my bag today...
What a good fortune that they all agree with my research about WWI 😆😏

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TeaRainBook
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Continuing my WWI reading with a 550+ page book on what led to the outbreak.