tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009239175020341445.post4381298697981641333..comments2022-03-29T17:43:03.236-04:00Comments on History Book Club: More on The Long Shadow -- Of World War IUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009239175020341445.post-64308020980111095292015-05-19T09:13:34.452-04:002015-05-19T09:13:34.452-04:00I am reading The Scramble for Africa: White Man...I am reading <i>The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912</i> by Thomas Pakenham. In the chapter about the horrors of King Leopold's Congo Pakenham mentions that England and France signed the Entente Cordiale as a deal giving France Morocco and England a free hand in Egypt. Germany was not pleased by this new alliance of France, England and Russia (as Russia was already allied with France). Thus the roots of World War I go back to the scramble for Africa by European imperial powers.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Scramble-Africa-Conquest-Continent/dp/0380719991" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/The-Scramble-Africa-Conquest-Continent/dp/0380719991</a>John Dalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363204598363726098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009239175020341445.post-8372009163997981922014-12-12T15:47:16.931-05:002014-12-12T15:47:16.931-05:00One of the members made this comment: "It was...One of the members made this comment: "It was great. I would just add a note that Picasso and Braque broke their friendship over the war. Braque fought in the war. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com