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First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books.

FIRST U.S. EDITION PUBLISHED 2013

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Clark, Christopher M.

The sleepwalkers : how Europe went to war in 1914 / Christopher Clark. — First U.S. edition.

p. cm.

“First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books.”

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-06-114665-7

1. World War, 1914–1918—Causes. 2. World War, 1914–1918—Diplomatic history. 3. Europe—Politics and government—1871–1918. I. Title.

D511.C54 2013

940.3'11—dc23

2012038473

Epub Edition © MARCH 2013 ISBN: 9780062199225

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