Road to Destruction: The World Wars

Road to Destruction: The World Wars explores how the world’s greatest powers marched toward catastrophe between 1850 and 1945. Through gripping storytelling and in-depth analysis, we uncover the key decisions, rivalries, and military strategies that led to World War I and World War II. We follow the rise and fall of empires—Germany, Britain, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, the U.S., Japan, and more—as they navigated diplomacy, war, and revolution. From Bismarck’s unification of Germany to the