After 1890 important changes took place within the German Empire both in domestic and foreign policy. The period was marked ...

"The Killing Season" reframes how we understand 1914, not as an inevitable slide into stalemate, but as a season of decisive ...

In 1914, the sms Emden, a German light cruiser, emerged as a great threat as it executed a daring lone raid in the Bay of ...

With Russia massing troops near Ukraine’s eastern border Thursday, eyes were very much on Germany, the European heavyweight that both has the most potential leverage over Vladimir Putin and the ...

Not surprisingly, the theoretical (and, to some degree, the organizational) sources of the German Left originated not outside of the classical workers movement, or in its heartland, but in its ...

Article link: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1933-04-01/fall-german-empire-1914-1918https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1933 ...

FRAGILE RISE: GRAND STRATEGY AND THE FATE OF IMPERIAL GERMANY, 1871-1914 By Xu Qiyu Translated by Joshua Hill Foreword by Graham Allison The MIT Press, $31, 341 pages It says a lot about the ...

Germany is showing ‘disinterest’ in commemorating the centenary of the start of the First World War - despite meetings with the British government to try to coordinate the ceremonies. Britain has ...

Current events are frequently viewed through the prism of analogies. Words become shorthand for a particular type of situation. “Munich” equals the danger of appeasing bloodthirsty dictators, “Vietnam ...

NARUTO, Tokushima Prefecture--A little-known episode about hostilities between Japan and Germany during World War I turned up when a flag featuring an unfamiliar design of a black cross and crowned ...