Reiners, Ludwig [Translated from the German by Richard and CLara Winston]

The Lamps Went Out In Europe. Fate or Folly the Blundering that Led to World War 1

New York: Pantheon, 1955. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.

Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has sun-toned with minor shelf handling.

"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time", British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey remarked to a friend on the eve of the United Kingdom's entry into the First World War.

First published in Grey's memoirs in 1925, the statement earned wide attention as an accurate perception of the First World War and its geopolitical and cultural consequences.

Item #013390

Price: $12.00