A Famous Week In History 1914 -- September 5 -12, 1914
Survival in Tough Times: Every year in these warm days of late summer, I take time to ponder the deepening crisis, the mobilizations, and the Miracle of the Marne
By Dr. Bruce Smith —— Bio and Archives--September 1, 2024
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There’s a kind of scheduled ritual I find myself settling into each year during the summer. The days are longer and even after a day’s work there is time in the evening to look back. June 28 was the terrible day in 1914 when Gavrilo Princip shot the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, Bosnia, killing both of them. Years ago I had to make an effort to remember the day as it approached, but now there is no escaping it. The assassination set in motion a crisis that simmered all through July, ending in mobilization and the clash of arms in the first days of August, 1914. Toward the end of June I usually pick up one of the memorable histories of those days. This year it is Max Hastings’ Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes To War. Knopf published it in 2013. In these pages one finds great drama, desperate struggles, villains, heroes and sometimes brilliance.
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