![]() ![]() ![]() That anniversary of course falls on the year 2014, but already in 2013 there have been roughly 14,000 books published analyzing every aspect of 1914 - the political machinations, the social underpinnings, the personal side, the assassination that triggered everything - for all the world as though 2013 were the anniversary. And as these tensions stretch on, the innocent population caught up in them feels first enthusiasm, then resignation, and finally a kind of jaded weariness that can no longer be surprised or diverted.It's the popular shorthand for the First World War, but it could just as easily describe the bizarre approach the publishing industry has taken to commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the war's outbreak in 1914. ![]() But their preparations themselves become a kind of conflict, with each power egging the others to a greater pitch of excitement. Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max HastingsKnopf, 2013 Convinced that a conflagration is inevitable, all the great powers begin amassing their arsenals, determined to be ready when the big day finally dawns. ![]()
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