Rites of Spring Romanovs and the sheer heartbreaking folly

and the sheer heartbreaking folly of fighting for impossible objectives with inadequate means on unknown

On a summer day in 1914

Washington

and the fate of World War I hangs in the balance

For two weeks the Germans advance without check as exhausted British troops and French refugees flee

Rites of Spring Romanovs and the sheer heartbreaking follyDescription by Modris Eksteins Paperback Dazzling in its originality, Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I, from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. Recognizing that The Great War was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole, author Modris Eksteins examines the lives of ordinary people, works of modern literature, and pivotal historical