#67: The First World War - Whose Fault Is It Anyway? Part 1

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast by Zack Twamley

Jul 7, 202545:09Society & Culture

By now we've seen the absolute worst that Europe had to offer in 1914. We've seen naive statesmen, misinformed statesmen, distrustful statesmen, desperate statesmen, and everything in between. But when it comes to the qu...

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