Igor Delovski Board

[Ike]

Europe’s Landscape Is Still Scarred by World War I


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/europe-landscape-still-scarred-world-war-i-180951430/

[Ike]

vox - 40 maps that explain World War I

"One hundred years ago, on June 28, 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of
Austria-Hungary was assassinated by Serbian terrorists. The murder set off a
chain reaction that plunged much of the world into war. The Great War killed
10 million people, redrew the map of Europe, and marked the rise of the
United States as a global power. Here are 40 maps that explain the conflict —
why it started, how the Allies won, and why the world has never been the
same."

[Ike]

http://www.npr.org/2014/06/27/325516359/a-century-ago-in-sarajevo-a-plot-a-farce-and-a-fateful-shot

A Century Ago In Sarajevo: A Plot, A Farce And A Fateful Shot

[Ike]

theguardian.com - How the Guardian played down the assassination that sparked world war

"It is not to be supposed," wrote a correspondent for the Manchester
Guardian analysing the significance of the assassination 100 years ago on
Saturday, "that the death of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand will have any
immediate or salient effect on the politics of Europe."

[Ike]

http://threeman.org/?p=1825

“37 Days” BBC World War 1 drama – A Critique

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ny - What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire?

"'Today one thing and tomorrow the next and after a few days something
completely different.' Wilhelm's staff and ministers resorted to manipulation,
distraction, and flattery to manage him. 'In order to get him to accept an idea
you must act as if the idea were his,' the Kaiser's closest friend, Philipp zu
Eulenburg, advised his colleagues, adding, 'Don't forget the sugar.' (In 'Fire
and Fury,' Michael Wolff writes that to get Trump to take an action his White
House staff has to persuade him that 'he had thought of it himself.')"