A number of reviews have appeared in recent weeks of Miranda Carter's George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I. In the past, I've balked at 500-page histories, but not this time. At my desk, I have a copy of Carter's work, which I plan to read (slowly but surely) over the coming weeks. My goal: to better understand the conflict that forged the map of contemporary Europe.
Particularly interesting in light of the idea, which I find compelling, that World War II was actually the completion of World War I, and not really a separate conflict. What developed in the period between the wars was very much set up by what happened before and during WW I.
ReplyDeleteTo really understand how the map developed, and the notion that WWII is actually the completion of WWI, you may want to also read Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919.
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