Tans Lecture | How Europe Went to War in 1914 | Christopher Clark | 2014

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• MC

  @McIntyreBible · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XwIVAyft2w&amp;t=2431">40:31</a>, Clark believes that the debate of WW1 is not stale, but fresh.

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• JO

  @johndwyer9576 · 1 year ago

  His perspective should be studied in detail. Such a perfectly wholeistic view of events.

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• RO

  @rolandrothwell4840 · 2 years ago

  Brilliant lecture. Chris is a genius 👏

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• MC

  @McIntyreBible · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XwIVAyft2w&amp;t=300">5:00</a>, a humorous statement.

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• AW

  @awatsycamorefarmnearsiouxf7526 · 3 years ago

  At the beginning of &nbsp;each war, both sides usually &nbsp;claim it will be a short war

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• SO

  @socratesgeorgekazolias · 3 years ago

  The period is so complicated with so many actors with their own disabilities and idiosyncrasies that reading the book twice will still leave you confused, yet enlightened. As a former Grunt, I long ago learned to hate all those who send young men to war and show my respects to soldiers who fell on all sides. I share professor Clark&apos;s view that all players deserve much of the, (how should I put this?) Blame.<br><br>I appreciated Clark&apos;s answer on the Ukraine war although I could see he was walking on eggs, looking for the right words.<br><br>Margaret MacMillan adds to the mix of causes the failure of The Second International to live up to its internationalist, working class, ideals and fall back on nationalism.<br><br>It is a great and much needed book.

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• MC

  @McIntyreBible · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XwIVAyft2w&amp;t=3005">50:05</a>, the subject of Blame.

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• SA

  @savasbeatie7675 · 1 year ago

  Clark is funny and smart and uniquely armed to convey complex topics to general audiences. His equivalent in the American Civil War is William C. Davis and for ancient and modern wars, Victor Davis Hanson.

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• MC

  @McIntyreBible · 4 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XwIVAyft2w&amp;t=2257">37:37</a>, the subject of how the War came about.

• IP

  @ipattison · 2 years ago

  a &apos;plop&apos; is a human-recognised sound so cannot be inaudible.

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• EH

  @ehfik · 6 months ago

  &quot;rich in ideals&quot; :D

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• JO

  @joncheskin · 1 year ago

  The overriding issue to me was the rising chaos in the Balkans and the coming modernization of the Russian military. This rendered the German and Austrian position more and more precarious, and so when an opportunity arose for them to start a preventative war when they thought that they still had an advantage, they took it. The gamble was not completely foolish, better execution of the Schlieffen Plan might have carried the day in a relatively short amount of time. Once defeated on the Marne, however, the war turned into a slow motion death spiral for the Central Powers.

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