28 June: Sarajevo 1914 - Versailles 1919: The War and Peace That Made the Modern World [Hardcover]

On June 28, 1919, the Peace Treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, five years to the day after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggered Europe's precipitous?descent into war. This war was the first conflict to be fought on a global scale. By its end in 1918, four empires had collapsed, and their minority populations, which had never before existed as independent entities, were encouraged to seek self-determination and nationhood.

Following on from Hauss monumental thirty-two Volume series on the signatories of the Versailles peace treaty, The Makers of the Modern World,28?June?looks in greater depth at the smaller nations that are often ignored in general histories, and in doing so seeks to understand the conflict from a global perspective, asking not only how each of the signatories came to join the conflict but also giving an overview of the long-term consequences of their having done so.

Alan Sharpwas professor of international studies, and later provost, at the University of Ulster.

Acknowledgements
 
1. Introduction
by Alan Sharp
Map 1: Europe 1914
 
28 June 1914: Assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
2. Serbia, Sarajevo and the Start of Conflict
By Dejan Djokic
 
28 July 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
3. The Dual Monarchy Stumbles into War
By Bryan Cartledge
 
1 August 1914: Germany declares war on Russia – part I
4. The Problem of Germany
By Alan Sharp
 
1 August 1914: Germany declares war on Russia – part II
5. From Steamroller to Empty Chair
By Charlotte Alston
 
3 August 1914: Germany declares war on France
6. How France Entered the First World War
By David Robin Watson
 
4 August 1914: Germany Invades Belgium
7. Belgium: thló!