{"product_id":"dreadnought-britain-germany-and-the-coming-of-the-great-war","title":"Dreadnought Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century’s first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With the biographer’s rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery figures: the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz; the young, ambitious Winston Churchill; the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow; Britain’s greatest twentieth-century foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric admiral who revolutionized the British navy and brought forth the first true battleship, the H.M.S. \u003ci\u003eDreadnought\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tragedy in this powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, \u003ci\u003eDreadnought\u003c\/i\u003e is history at its most riveting.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDreadnought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eDreadnought\u003c\/i\u003e is history in the grand manner, as most people prefer it: how people shaped, or were shaped by, events.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era . . . engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Told] on a grand scale . . . Massie [is] a master of historical portraiture and anecdotage.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Brilliant on everything he writes about ships and the sea. It is Massie’s eye for detail that makes his nautical set pieces so marvelously evocative.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47573063172351,"sku":"*R0008292*","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/26380783482310.jpg?v=1763660465","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/dreadnought-britain-germany-and-the-coming-of-the-great-war","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}