During the years leading up to 1914, Europe’s upper classes, the landowning aristocracy and the industrial-financial bourgeoisie, had lived through years of almost intolerable tension. Obsessed by the ...

The first modern war created the modern Nation. Share US delegates to the Niagara Peace Conference of 1914: Associate Justice Lamar of the US Supreme Court, former Solicitor General Frederick W.

War stems from division. It happens when there are problems we just can’t seem to solve. War is brutal, but every now and then, a little light shines through. The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of ...

On Christmas Eve 1914, battling German and British soldiers laid down their arms and sang Christmas carols together — a brief moment of peace in the midst of war.December 1914. World War I had been ...

Saturday marked one hundred years since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. In hindsight, the assassination clearly marks the beginning of the process ...

"First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books"--Title page verso. pt. I. Roads to Sarajevo. I. Serbian ghosts : Murder in Belgrade ; 'Irresponsible elements' ; ...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Nick Lloyd, Professor of Modern Warfare at King’s College London, to discuss his new book, The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918. They chat about ...

WALTER MILLIS was just old enough to get into uniform before the World War ended and, of course, only knew the Spanish-American War as something that had happened before he was born and about which ...

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Essay: World War I’s ‘Silent Night’ Create an FP ...

Flight, as a journal, had been in publication for only five years when the emerging industry of 'aerial locomotion' it covered weekly was thrust into proving its value as an instrument of warfare.

These are the items most of the forces wore during the chaotic first days of the war. When World War I broke out in 1914, European armies rushed to war with the armies they had, not the armies they ...