Argues that Russian ambitions to dismantle the Ottoman Empire explain much about World War I, that is unsatisfactorily explained otherwise.
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The origins of World War I
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"This work poses an easy but perplexing question about World War I: Why did it happen? Several of the oft-cited causes are reviewed and discussed. The argument of the alliance systems is inadequate, lacking relevance or compelling force. The argument of an accident (or "slide") …
Militainment, Inc. offers insight into the ways that war is presented and viewed as entertainment -or militainment- in contemporary American popular culture, including video games, sports, movies, television, and toy merchandising. Stahl argues that a new interactive mode of mil…
