Lost History of 1914

In The Lost History of 1914, Jack Beatty examines the First World War and its causes, testing against fresh evidence the long-dominant assumption that it was inevitable. ''Most books set in 1914 map the path leading to war,'' Beatty writes, ''this one maps the multiple paths that led away from it.'' Radically challenging the standard account of the war''s outbreak, Beatty presents the assassinatio...