The Origins of the War of 1914, Volume 1

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Enigma Books, 2005 - 2100 pages

Luigi Albertini wrote this monumental investigation into the origins of the First World War in the 1930s, when many participants were still alive to be interviewed about their recollections of those tragic moments. This is in fact the best and by far the most authoritative study of how the war began and why.

About the author (2005)

Luigi Albertini was a major political and cultural figure in Italy preceding the rise of Italian fascism, of which he was an avowed enemy. He died in 1941, after completing his three-volume study.

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