European leaders acted like a “generation of sleepwalkers that stumbled unawares over the ledge of doom during that halcyon summer of 1914, ” explains the work The Fall of the Dynasties ​ — The Collapse of the Old Order 1905 - 1922.
Teos „The Fall of the Dynasties — The Collapse of the Old Order 1905 — 1922 ” nimetab Euroopa juhte„ uneskõndijateks, kes 1914. aasta tüünel suvel eneselegi teadmata hukatuse veerelt alla kukkusid ”.