As we enter the centenary year of the outbreak of the First World War, many uncomfortable parallels with our own time spring to mind. In 1914 the superpower that dominated the world, controlling the ...
Germany entered World War I confident and united — and ended it starving, divided, and defeated. Follow the journey from the ...
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 ...
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 ...
After 1890 important changes took place within the German Empire both in domestic and foreign policy. The period was marked ...
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 ...
Spy paranoia in WW1: A US Army poster warning of the danger of enemy spies, in 1917 It is a tale of intrigue, suspicion and espionage. When a German company left the County Down village of Conlig in ...