In "The Lost History of 1914," Jack Beatty offers a highly original view of World War I, testing against fresh evidence the long-dominant assumption that it was inevitable. "Most books set in 1914 map the path leading to war," Beatty writes. "This one maps the multiple paths that led away from it."C[...]
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""I should have been dead ten times over. I believe in miracles. It's an absolute miracle that I'm still around.""--Dennis Hopper
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