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Here too we meet the urbane and cosmopolitan Count Harry Kessler, who noticed many of the early signs that something was stirring in Europe; the young Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty and a rising figure in British politics; Madame Caillaux, who shot a man who might have been a force for peace; and more. With indelible portraits, MacMillan shows how the fateful decisions of a few powerful people changed the course of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taut, suspenseful, and impossible to put down, \u003ci\u003eThe War That Ended Peace\u003c\/i\u003e is also a wise cautionary reminder of how wars happen in spite of the near-universal desire to keep the peace. 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