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The Fateful Alliance: France, Russia, and the Coming of the First World War

by George F. Kennan · 1984

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An analysis of the Russian-French alliance of 1894 and what went wrong in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century.

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World War IWorld War IMore like thisLess of thisRussiaRussiaMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 300 pages

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