Causes of the First World War (TRIH ep 9)
1914 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the causes of the First World War, weighing contingent moments against structural forces. They narrate the immediate Sarajevo trigger — the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip — and trace how alliance systems, mobilization timetables and prestige politics pulled powers into a general war. Topics include British decision-making (honour, protecting the empire and the channel), the Anglo–German naval race, Russian mobilization an...
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