WW I: Germans (Some) Call for Peace
The Social Democrats, the largest party in the German national legislature, were strongly opposed to the oncoming war. Its literature was …
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WW I: Ultimatum to the Serbs Approved by Germany
July 22, 1914 The final text of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia is provided in advance to the German Embassy on July …
WW I: French Russian Summit Signals ‘Concern’ to Austria
On July 20, 1914 French President Raymond Poincaré and his Prime Minister René Viviani, arrive in St Petersburg for a Russo-French …
WW I: Austria-Hungary sends troops to the Serbian frontier
July 20, 1914 Austria-Hungary sends troops to the Serbian frontier
WW I: Germany Impatient with Austro-Hungary Indecision
On July 12, 1914 Ambassador Count Laslo Szögyény reported from Berlin that everyone in the German government wanted to see Austria-Hungary declare …
WW I: War Preparations Grip Austria-Hungary
On July 9, 1914 Austria-Hungary Foreign Minister Leopold Berchtold advised Emperor Franz Joseph that he would present Belgrade, [Serbia] with an ultimatum …
A Soldier on the Southern Front — Italy, WW I
World War I brought with it some 10 million combatant deaths, 23 million wounded. Two and one half million non combatants died from fire and …
Walking Vienna
Vienna, the Imperial heart of the long lived Hapsburg dynasty (1278 to 1918,) unbreakable bulwark against the Ottoman advance, …
Clouds Above the Hill — Japan’s Good Wars
Shiba Ryōtarō is said to be one of Japan’s favorite authors. Prolific in multiple genres, he’s credited with over 500 …
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Great Wave of Progress
Just finished listening to a very able Audible reading of The Bully Pulpit, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s paean to Theodore Roosevelt, …
Bloodlust: On the Roots of Violence
If there were an “X” Prize for solving the problem of human violence, Russell Jacoby‘s Bloodlust: On the Roots of …
WW I As Recorded by those Who Were There
The British National Archives has announced that in this 100th year anniversary of the beginning of WW I, (August), that …