Steve Haycox: War easy to romanticize away from heat of
battle
By STEVE HAYCOX June 13, 2014
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As the centenary of World War I approaches, which can be
dated from the assassination of the Hapsburg Austrian empire heir Franz
Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on July 28, 1914, the expected rasher of books
has rekindled discussion on the war's cause, about which there has never been a
consensus among historians.
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In its aftermath it was called "The Great War," for in its worldwide sweep, it enveloped all the major nations one way or another, and brought 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded; 7 million of the deaths were civilian. It settled nothing among nations, and created conditions in Germany that led to World War II. .Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/06/13/3515781/steve-haycox-war-easy-to-romanticize.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter..
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