Stealing Horses to Great Applause :The Origins of the First World War Reconsidered
Stealing Horses to Great Applause :The Origins of the First World War Reconsidered
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Published:
18 February, 2025
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Description
Stealing Horses includes appraisals of Niall Ferguson and A. J. P. Taylor, and an extensive unpublished final paper re-thinking the First World War as 'the last 18th-century war'.
With an Introduction by Perry Anderson.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781804295793 |
| ISBN10 | 1804295795 |
| Number Of Pages | 384 |
| Item Weight | 449 g |
| Product Dimensions | 153 x 234 x 27 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Verso Books |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
A historian of remarkable chronological breadth and a fiercely independent mind. Great historians have a life, and they have an afterlife. Paul W. Schroeder's may just have begun * Times Literary Supplement *
How had the world by 1914 become susceptible to a disastrous systemic breakdown? The one American historian who rose to this analytical challenge was Paul Schroeder. These historical insights have an obvious urgency today -- Nicholas Mulder * Financial Times *
Probably the foremost expert on the history of international politics in the world -- Lothar Höbelt * International History Review *
A powerful intellect, a meticulous and innovative researcher who transformed his field -- Katherine Aaslestad * Perspectives on History, the news magazine of the American Historical Association *
Perhaps the most distinguished diplomatic historian of his generation. He thought hard about the fundamental issues he was concerned with. What he had to say was always stimulating, always worth reading -- Marc Trachtenberg * H-Diplo *
Few knew old Europe as intimately as Schroeder did. His cogent argument concerning the centrality of international relations is one which historians of all stripes ignore at their peril -- Thomas Otte, author of Statesman of Europe
A kaleidoscopic set of essays on the European state system in the century leading up to and during the Great War. written with calm and analytical rigor. -- Mathias Fuelling * Jacobin *
A gem that calls into question some of the standard interpretations of the war's origins and its outbreak. -- Thomas Parker * H-Diplo *
Author's Bio
Paul W. Schroeder was professor of history and political science at the University of Illinois. His works included Austria, Great Britain and the Crimean War: The Destruction of the European Concert and The Transformation of European Politics, 1763-1848. He died in 2020 at the age of 93. Verso is publishing two volumes of his writings, America Abroad and Stealing Horses to Great Applause.