Germany A Short History Author:George Shuster and Arnold Bergstraesser No back cover description, so here's an excerpt from p. 112: — "During the fateful week that began on July 31, 1914, Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary and France became embroiled in a war destined to involve as belligerents all the great nations of the world. Warnings there had been in plenty; and when, on June 28 of the same year, Archduke Franz... more » Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austrian throne, was murdered at Sarajevo, every statesman in Europe knew that peril was imminent."