Jane Ridley

What caused the first world war?

Diplomatic meltdown, says Margaret MacMillan in 'The War that Ended Peace'

Cat fight: tension mounts between the Great Powers in 1905 as Edward VII, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the French foreign minister, Théophile Delcassé, squabble over Morocco. Credit: The Bridgeman Art Library

  • The War that Ended Peace:How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War

    Margaret MacMillan

    Profile Books, pp. 656

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