Lunch With The Kaiser: Why Europe Went To War In 1914

Lunch with the Kaiser' provides a factual narrative of the events leading up to the 30th of July 1914 - the point at which war between Germany and Russia became inevitable. The book details how Austrian adventurism, German miscalculation, French opportunism and Russian precipitation all contributed to the outbreak of a war which, until the very last moment, could have been avoided. Britain's rush to war, with what AJP Taylor termed 'indecent haste', is revealed as having as much to do with the appeasement of Russia as the containment of Germany. Our guide through these complex events is Kaiser Wilhelm II who, in a series of fictional interviews set in October 1938 while he was living out his old age in exile, provides an analysis that will challenge the preconceptions of an English speaking readership as to where the burden of responsibility for the outbreak of the First World War should be placed.

• | Author: Michael Bennett
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Dec 03, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 204 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 167100082X
• | ISBN-13: 9781671000827