As October fades behind us, November looms ahead of us- and a day of Remembrance marches our way.  On November 11, people around the world will mark the end of World War One, and pay tribute to the soldiers that have given their lives so they can live in Freedom. But how did the world get plunged into a war that spanned the globe, and cost humanity more than 18 million soul?  School teaches us a fairly simplified version of the events that pushed us down the road to violence, while Margaret MacMillan shows us the web of events, cultures, personalities, fears, and ambitions that inevitably lead to the "War to End All Wars". " The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 " by Margaret MacMillan is a fascinating dig into everything that conspired, contributed, and combined to the initiation of the Great War.  She doesn't just investigate and describe the events- such as the "primary" trigger of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but also the personalities of the l...