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Stealing Horses to Great Applause

By Schroeder, Paul W.

Stealing Horses to Great Applause Essays & Short Stories

Stealing Horses to Great Applause

By Schroeder, Paul W.

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Stealing Horses presents arguably the finest considerations yet of the origins of the First World War. Breaking with accounts which focus on the actions of a single state or the final countdown to hostilities, Paul W. Schroeder describes the systemic crisis engulfing the Great Powers. They were more interested in colonial plunder overseas ('stealing horses to great applause', in the old Spanish adage) than the traditional statecraft of European peace-making. Preserving the balance of power required preserving all the essential actors in it, including a tottering Austria-Hungary. This the British in particular failed to recognise. The Central Powers may have started the War but that does not mean they in any real sense caused it. In the end Schroeder recalls the verdict of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: 'All are punished'. Stealing Horses includes appraisals of Niall Ferguson and A. J. P. Taylor, and an extensive unpublished final paper re-thinking the First World War as 'the last 18th-century war'. With an Introduction by Perry Anderson.
Product details
Number of Pages:
364
Release Date:
2025-02-18
Publication Date:
2025-02-18
Publisher:
Verso Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
180429581718042958091804295795
ISBN13:
9781804295793
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
450 g
Height:
148 cm
Width:
215 cm
Thickness:
34 cm
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