World War I
Episode83
October 11, 2021
When Peace Collapsed: The World Before the Trenches
This episode breaks down the long fuse that burned for decades before 1914. Revolutions, collapsing empires, new ideologies, and a ruthless arms race made war inevitable. We follow the political dominoes from the Revolutions of 1848 to the Balkan wars and trace how Prussia, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire kept escalating tensions. By 1914, one shot was all it took to ignite the explosion.
References
- Howard, M. (2001). The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870–1871 (2nd ed.). Routledge.
- Hozier, H. M. (2018). The Russo-turkish War: Including An Account Of The Rise And Decline Of The Ottoman Power, And The History Of The Eastern Question. Sagwan Press.
- Marx, K., Engels, F., & Butler-Bowdon, T. (2021). The Communist Manifesto. Wiley.
- Meyer, G. J. (2021). A World Undone - The Story of the Great War 1914 to 1918. A Delta Book.
- Schmitt, B. E. (2021). Tripple Alliance and Triple Entente. (First Edition). Henry Holt and Company.
- Tuchman, B. W. (2021). The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I by Barbara W. Tuchman (2004–08-03). Presidio Press.
- Wawro, G. (2010). The Franco-Prussian War. Cambridge University Press.
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