the sleepwalkers by christopher clark a period of time from 1870 through world war i that somehow as an activist this book says not so much there were plotting there were many wars and conflicts member a prelude to war and the powers that lined up against each other were not stumbling with malice aforethought. that there is conflict between europe and france and russia and germany and it is quite well done with a lot of history with the importance of the balkans not just their afl with the assassination but actually forbade independence and the ottoman empire. also is the new book called the bully pulpit. and talked-about william howard taft and his successor to have a very deep and profound friendship and heat teddy could think of no one else to succeed him but. it is the tragic unfolding once he became president and you appreciate taft more than rethink this of billions effort who also wrote the tune of rivals about the abraham lincoln cabinet it eerily reflects modern politics so much of what was happening actually echoes what we're doing today. and did the relationship of that ex

"the sleepwalkers" by christopher clark is really pretty world war i, the period of time starting around well, 1872 the opening of wa one or oe in 1914 to in many ways it contradicts a wonderful book the guns of august the some of your of stumbled into war i as an accident waiting to happen. this books is not so much to this books is actually they were applauding, they're playing and there were many, many wars and many conflicts that preceded 1914 absolutely were a prelude and an inevitable prelude to war. and that the powers that lined up against each other were, in fact, not stumbling into something. they actually had alliances and designs. not that they wanted to kind of cataclysmic war that occurred, but the idea that there's going to be conflict between germany and ostrom hungry and russia, europe and -- austro hungry, was not an unexpected thing. it was quite well done and a lot of history on the importance of the balkans to what happened, not just sorry able in the assassination of duke ferdinand but lots of wars for bosnia's independence and against the ottoman empire during that