Finally, European leaders should consider adding to their book bag Barbara Tuchman’s The Guns of August (again, notice the month). Tuchman describes how a series of individual decisions, all of which seemed sound when considered in isolation, had the unintended consequence of leading Europe into World War I.
最后，欧洲领导人还可以一读芭芭拉·塔克曼（Barbara Tuchman）的《八月之抢》（The Guns of August，注意标题中的月份）。塔克曼描述了一系列单独决策——每个决策在单独考虑时都无比合理——是如何在无意中将欧洲拖入一战的。