Hardback 2004 Penguin. Black boards with silver embossed lettering to the spine are in very good condition with very minor corner knocks. The dust wrapper is very good with distortions on the top edge only. The endpapers and binding are sound and as new. The page block is clean and bright and as new. The book contains 20 pages of maps and 8 pages of photographs. 729 pages. In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published ninety years after the First World War began, David Stevenson re-examines the causes, course, and impact of this 'war to end war', placing it in the context of its era and exposing its underlying dynamics. His book provides a wide-ranging international history, drawing on insights from the late