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The English Historical Review, 1968
In 1909 Norman Angell published his polemic The Great Illusion, in which he argued that the increasingly international character of trade, commerce and finance had rendered wars between sovereign states not merely unprofitable, but positively harmful to victors and vanquished alike.
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In 1909 Norman Angell published his polemic The Great Illusion, in which he argued that the increasingly international character of trade, commerce and finance had rendered wars between sovereign states not merely unprofitable, but positively harmful to victors and vanquished alike.
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Journal for Maritime Research, 2015
Traditional Anglophone interpretations of the First World War have tended to be dominated by accounts of events on the Western Front with brief asides looking at the war in the East and in other th...
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Traditional Anglophone interpretations of the First World War have tended to be dominated by accounts of events on the Western Front with brief asides looking at the war in the East and in other th...
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2002
In August 1914 what had been threatened half a dozen times over the previous decade actually occurred: a war began in Europe that involved the great powers and soon became world-wide. The war was hardly a surprise, for Europe was armed to the teeth. In order to maintain the largest armies possible with the latest military equipment, governments had ...
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In August 1914 what had been threatened half a dozen times over the previous decade actually occurred: a war began in Europe that involved the great powers and soon became world-wide. The war was hardly a surprise, for Europe was armed to the teeth. In order to maintain the largest armies possible with the latest military equipment, governments had ...
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The Historical Journal, 2000
This book explains the First World War in a manner the lay person can understand, and the expert will still find intriguing. It covers a broad canvas, but does so with great economy. The origins of the war, both diplomatic and social, are discussed in a particularly illuminating fashion. The reader is then taken through the major battles on the Eastern
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This book explains the First World War in a manner the lay person can understand, and the expert will still find intriguing. It covers a broad canvas, but does so with great economy. The origins of the war, both diplomatic and social, are discussed in a particularly illuminating fashion. The reader is then taken through the major battles on the Eastern
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1987
On 28 June 1914 a nineteen-year-old Bosnian named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the heir to the Habsburg throne, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie in Sarejevo, capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia-Herzegovina. After a flurry of diplomatic activity and a series of ultimatums and mobilisations, the First World War broke out 39 days later ...
Frank B. Tipton, Robert Aldrich
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On 28 June 1914 a nineteen-year-old Bosnian named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the heir to the Habsburg throne, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie in Sarejevo, capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia-Herzegovina. After a flurry of diplomatic activity and a series of ultimatums and mobilisations, the First World War broke out 39 days later ...
Frank B. Tipton, Robert Aldrich
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2018
Karl Ludwig Bonhoeffer becomes involved in research into a new battlefield psychosis called shell shock or male hysteria. The question is whether it is caused by physical trauma, such as from a shell exploding over a narrow trench, or is a form of malingering. How this question is answered has far-reaching consequences.
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Karl Ludwig Bonhoeffer becomes involved in research into a new battlefield psychosis called shell shock or male hysteria. The question is whether it is caused by physical trauma, such as from a shell exploding over a narrow trench, or is a form of malingering. How this question is answered has far-reaching consequences.
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2019
In the First World War, Prandtl’s Airship Model Research Institute was commissioned to carry out a number of aerodynamic investigations on bombs and parts of aircraft. In 1915, he received funds from the War Ministry for the construction of a large research centre which had little to do with airships and, after the war, was renamed the Aerodynamische ...
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In the First World War, Prandtl’s Airship Model Research Institute was commissioned to carry out a number of aerodynamic investigations on bombs and parts of aircraft. In 1915, he received funds from the War Ministry for the construction of a large research centre which had little to do with airships and, after the war, was renamed the Aerodynamische ...
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1994
Abstract In the weeks following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 King Charles and Liberal and Conservative politicians watched the deteriorating international situation with increasing anxiety. They had good reason to fear war, for Rumania’s geographical position made it inevitable that she would find ...
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Abstract In the weeks following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 King Charles and Liberal and Conservative politicians watched the deteriorating international situation with increasing anxiety. They had good reason to fear war, for Rumania’s geographical position made it inevitable that she would find ...
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