"... examines the chain of events that led to war and what could reasonably have been done differently to avoid it. In this highly original and intellectually challenging book, he constructs plausible worlds, some better, some worse, that might have developed. -- Publisher.
Contents
Possible worlds -- Preventing World War I -- The best plausible world -- Lives in the best world -- The worst plausible world -- Lives in the worst world -- Looking back at the real world.