1963
x, 421 p.: Five maps (including on front and back endpapers) and Three Genealogical Charts, all by Rafael Palacios; 24 cm. (9.5 inches). Grey cloth, with black- and red-stamped spine title and front-cover series title. Illustrated color dust jacket. Includes Bibliography and Index. Brown and white maps on endpapers.
"In the ages before the first global war, four dynasties - the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, Ottoman, and Romanov - dominated much of civilization. Outwardly different, they were at bottom somewhat alike: opulent, grandiose, suffocating in tradition, ostentatiously gilded on the surface and rotting at the core. Worst still (for them), they were tragically out of step with the forces that were shaping the modern world. This volume . . . covers the period from 1905 to 1922, when these four ruling houses crumbled and fell, destroying old alliances and old boundaries. World War I was precipitated by their decay, and their splintered, baroque rubble proved to be a treacherous base for the new nations that emerged from the war" [from the dust jacket]
Book is in Near Fine Condition: pages clean, tight, and unmarked; lower part of back cover very slightly discolored, possibly from some previous moisture.
Dust Jacket is in Very Good Minus Condition: spine and interior of bottom edge of the back section discolored, likely from some previous moisture.
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