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What caused World War I? / by Robyn Hardyman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Why war happenedPublisher: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1482451824
  • 9781482451825
Other title:
  • What caused World War 1
  • What caused World War One
  • World War I
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
World War I -- Alliances -- Military strength -- The trigger -- War begins -- War spreads.
Summary: For a truly worldwide war to erupt, many conflicts and interests are at work. Thats exactly what happened in the years leading up to World War I, also called the Great War. Conflicts between empires, alliances among nations, fights over boundaries and colonies, and the 1914 assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand were among the myriad of causes for this widespread war. This volume, which includes remarkable photographs from the time period, gives a thorough overview of the war and its aftermath, which would pave the way for another terrible world war just two decades later.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 940.3 H273 Available 33111008755007
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For a truly worldwide war to erupt, many conflicts and interests are at work. That's exactly what happened in the years leading up to World War I, also called the Great War. Conflicts between empires, alliances among nations, fights over boundaries and colonies, and the 1914 assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand were among the myriad of causes for this widespread war. This volume, which includes remarkable photographs from the time period, gives a thorough overview of the war and its aftermath, which would pave the way for another terrible world war just two decades later.

Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.

World War I -- Alliances -- Military strength -- The trigger -- War begins -- War spreads.

For a truly worldwide war to erupt, many conflicts and interests are at work. Thats exactly what happened in the years leading up to World War I, also called the Great War. Conflicts between empires, alliances among nations, fights over boundaries and colonies, and the 1914 assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand were among the myriad of causes for this widespread war. This volume, which includes remarkable photographs from the time period, gives a thorough overview of the war and its aftermath, which would pave the way for another terrible world war just two decades later.

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