Stealing Horses to Great Applause
The Origins of the First World War Reconsidered
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- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2026
Summary
Stealing Horses presents arguably the finest considerations yet of the origins of the First World War. Breaking with accounts which focus on the actions of a single state or the final countdown to hostilities, Paul W. Schroeder describes the systemic crisis engulfing the Great Powers. They were more interested in colonial plunder overseas (‘stealing horses to great applause’, in the old Spanish adage) than the traditional statecraft of European peace-making. Preserving the balance of power re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836745563 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836745567 |
| Author: | Paul W. Schroeder, Perry Anderson |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 305g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
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
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 *
Paul W. Schroeder
Paul W. Schroeder
Paul W. Schroeder was Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Illinois. His works include Austria, Great Britain and the Crimean War: The Destruction of the European Concert and The Transformation of European Politics, 1763-1848. He passed away in 2020 at the age of 93.
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