John Keegan, a professor at the Sandhurst Military Academy and Princeton University masterfully accept the Anglo-Saxon view of the First World War the allies could not complete without them. The age groups were exhausted callable in France, England and Russia, in Germany and Austria-Hungary. The revolt rumbled in each country. He had to finish this war started by accident, continued by chance and ended in exhaustion everyone except Americans, entered late in the conflict with intact human reserves. In Russia the Bolshevik revolt evolve into a civil war and make seven to ten million victims between 1917 and 1921, at least five times more than the war between 1914 and 1917. No European country could not take that chance, no matter what peace was better. The Peacemakers: How Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Wilson redrew the world map Play exciting discovery. The author paints a picture of the evolution of the various theaters of operation, west Belgium, France and Italy, east Prussia, Poland, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Serbia and Ottoman Empire, shows their interrelation. The description of the men to maneuver is penetrating, ruthless, sometimes iconoclastic. The reader's interest to consult an encyclopedia and atlas to understand the personality of men cited, and articulation of the theaters of operations. Three chapters stand out, the first two show that no country has really wanted this carnage, but everyone had prepared himself. The last shows the extent of human and material devastation, his improbable conclusion, foundation of the Second World War and the inexorable decline of Europe. A must read for understanding at this time of crisis, where Europe is, and where it is not necessary that Europe returns accidentally helping economic crisis.
