{"product_id":"fifteen-american-wars-eugene-g-windchy-9781664174580","title":"Fifteen American Wars: Twelve of Them Avoidable","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEugene G. Windchy, author of Tonkin Gulf, investigates how fifteen wars began and how they might have been avoided. Among his surprising conclusions: Russia started World War I by killing the Archduke Ferdinand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe assassination of Austria's Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia, triggered World War I, an unprecedented catastrophe which led to Fascist and Communist states, World War II, anti-Communist wars in Korea and Vietnam, and a world bristling with nuclear missiles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTextbooks tell us very little about the triggering event. Some do not mention the assassination. Others read as if the killer was a lone wolf. Disputing the lone wolf theory Windchy reports that sixteen men were convicted at trial, and he presents evidence that Russia was behind the operation. To gain territory, Russia in 1914 was trying to undermine the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. This led to World War I in 1914 and to the Armenian genocide in 1915.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWars often begin in ways unknown to the public. The American Civil War began when the Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter. But did you know the fort was trying to surrender? Why was it fired upon?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDid a \"policy coup\" in Washington demand that the United States change the governments of seven foreign countries? This was alleged by retired General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, after a series of informal visits to the Pentagon beginning in 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene G. Windchy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1664174583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781664174580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d","brand":"Eugene G. Windchy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44634671546623,"sku":"9781664174580","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c1f998e-beae-4e67-9cca-1d776baf708a.jpg?v=1703590341","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fifteen-american-wars-eugene-g-windchy-9781664174580","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}