The Rhyme of History - Lessons of the Great War (Electronic book text)

As the 100th anniversary of World War I approaches, historian Margaret MacMillan compares current global tensionsOCorising nationalism, globalization's economic pressures, sectarian strife, and the United States' fading role as the world's pre-eminent superpowerOCoto the period preceding the Great War. In illuminating the years before 1914, MacMillan shows the many parallels between then and now, telling an urgent story for our time.

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