The Fateful Alliance: France, Russia, and the Coming of the First World War by Kennan, George F - 1984

New York: Pantheon Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Third Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394534948 . A Later printing in Fine condition excepting a bumped corner, housed in a price-clipped Near Fine dust-jacket; The Fateful Alliance is an insightful and insightful book that delves into the complicated and dangerous relationship between France and Russia. It traces the origins of this alliance back to the days of Napoleonic France and the Russian Empire and how it changed with the coming of the First World War. Kennan argues convincingly that the causes of the war lay not with any individual country but with the structural flaws in the European system. However, even if these flaws had not existed, the war would have still broken out, Kennan argues, because of the inherent rivalry and distrust between France and Russia.; 8vo; 300 pages; FSA .