E.R. Hooton PRELUDE TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR First Edition

First edition first print hardback of PRELUDE TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR: The Balkan Wars 1912-1913 by E.R. Hooton and published by Fonthill in 2014.

The book is in as new condition (black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine) with no significant wear. The book is in an as new unclipped dust jacket which also has no wear to speak of. Internally the pages are clean and tight.

The fuse to the First World War was lit in the Balkans where simmering hatreds exploded into violence. Like a string of firecrackers, these hatreds had been fuelled by attacks on the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the previous few years. From 1911-1912, Italy seized Libya. In 1912, the Balkan states united to drive Turkey out of Europe in the First Balkans War, and in the following year in the Second Balkans War, turned on each other in a division of the spoils which allowed Turkey to retain a foothold in Europe.?

236 pages including Endnotes and Bibliography. Illustrated with black & white photographs and maps.

ISBN: 9781781551806

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