{"product_id":"stealing-horses-to-great-applause-the-origins-of-the-first-world-war-reconsidered-hardcover","title":"Stealing Horses to Great Applause: The Origins of the First World War Reconsidered - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul W. Schroeder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePerry Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStand-out theoretical and empirical explanation of the origins of the First World War by one of the great historians of international diplomacy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStealing Horses to Great Applause\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey 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 required preserving all the essential actors in it, including a tottering Austria-Hungary. This the British in particular failed to recognise. The Central Powers may have started the War but that does not mean they in any real sense caused it. In the end Schroeder recalls the verdict of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: All are punished. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStealing Horses to Great Applause \u003c\/i\u003eincludes appraisals of Niall Ferguson and A. J. P. Taylor, and an extensive unpublished final paper rethinking the First World War as \"the last 18th-century war.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an introduction by Perry Anderson.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul W. Schroeder\u003c\/b\u003e was professor of history and political science at the University of Illinois. His works included \u003ci\u003eAustria, Great Britain and the Crimean War: The Destruction of the European Concert\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Transformation of European Politics, 1763-1848\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2020 at the age of 93. Verso is publishing two volumes of his writings, \u003ci\u003eAmerica Abroad \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStealing Horses to Great Applause\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47475469189298,"sku":"9781804295793","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d3deaa41c612d6626791292286b6c6c1.webp?v=1779168216","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/stealing-horses-to-great-applause-the-origins-of-the-first-world-war-reconsidered-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}