Shultz would not let the matter rest, however. He told the president, “To succeed, we have to have a team: right now there isn’t one. … Read the rest
The First World War Part 9
How the First World War Started.
The Serbian Reply
The Serbian reply to the Austro- Hungarian ultimatum is one of the more famous documents of … Read the rest
The First World War Part 8
How the First World War Started.
In 2003 the American historian Richard C. Hall perceptively pointed out that, by themselves, the killings of Archduke Franz … Read the rest
The First World War Part 7
How the First World War Started.
Many of the tendentious evaluations that have associated official or semi-official Serbia with the Sarajevo assassination have then moved … Read the rest
The First World War Part 6
How the First Word War started.
We started the war
On the day of the assassination in Sarajevo, Franz Joseph was enjoying himself at … Read the rest
The First World War Part 5
Leading up to the First World War
As will be seen below; a great deal of Tisza’s reasoning would indeed be echoed in the Matscheko Memorandum of … Read the rest
The First World War Part 4
Leading up to The First World War.
Mentioned in our original analyses of how the First War started, the Matscheko Memorandum, composed before the assassination of … Read the rest
The First World War Part 3
The Almost First World War.
As we have seen the Bosnian Crisis of 1908-09 and the Balkan War, are often seen as a precursor to … Read the rest
The First World War Part 2
The Almost First World War.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Bosnian Crisis
The Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia-Herzegovina was met with fierce local resistance, producing by far … Read the rest