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...German and French, who ‘fortunately’ did not come to blows with each other. The strong anti-Socialist presence on the day appears to have swayed many in the crowd to adopt the enthusiastic mood of the patriots, rather than continuing to oppose the war. But the threat of opposition to war remained. How the nations tried to unite their people All Governments recognised...

...Germans don't hold the same view. ...[The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916] Between 1 July and 18 November 1916 an infamous battle raged near the small river Somme in Northern France. Its significance was already apparent to contemporaries, and it shaped our memory of the First World War like no other battle. At the mere mention of the Somme, images of futile...

...of victory in a swift offensive in the West, against France, while in the East, the German army was initially to be on the defensive. Russia would be dealt with after France had been delivered a decisive blow. In effect, Schlieffen aimed to turn the inescapable reality that Germany would have to fight a two-front war into two one-front wars which it could hope to win. But for the plan to succeed, Germany would have to ......

...course AA311: Reading political philosophy, from Machiavelli to Mill... Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill An introduction to this album. Machiavelli: Nigel Warburton and Quentin Skinner An in-depth discussion of Machiavelli’s The Prince, including its social, historical and moral context and the book’s continuing relevance to contemporary...