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Explores the foundations of conflict in Kosovo, charging that the international community's failure to support the Albanians in their initial passive resistance to Serbian repression led to violence.

Examines seven mysterious disappearances and deaths throughout history including King Tutankhamen, England's Princes in the Towers, and Amelia Earhart.

When a Serbian-backed assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, the world seemed unmoved. There was nothing to suggest that the episode would lead to conflict, much less a world war of such massive and horrific proportions that it would reshape the course of human events. In fact, World War I might have been avoided entirely had it not been for a small group of statesmen who, in the month after the assassination, plotted to use the murder as the trigger for a long-awaited showdown in Europe. The primary culprits, moreover, have long escaped blame.

Presents twenty-two articles that debate issues related to war.

"Describes the causes of World War I, including competition between Europe's Great Powers for economic and political dominance, instability in the Balkan Peninsula, and the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne"--Provided by publisher.

This title sets the world scene in the years before the start of World War I. Readers will get a snapshot of the political and social climates of the five great European powers: Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia. The feeling in Europe was that war was inevitable, and Germany was the first to make the move.

Uses the story of unexplained deaths to demonstrate how medical and police investigators make use of science and technology to discover how the people died, whether criminal acts are involved, and if so who is responsible.

Discusses the political and social conditions that led to World War I, including the growth of nationalism, the competition for territories in the Balkans once under Ottoman control, and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand..