July 1914: Countdown to War (Sean McMeekin)

Of a time of constant crisis and nothing appearing to actually happen-not 2024, but 1914. And of how "nothing ever happens" turned to "everything is different now."
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"For some years now, Americans have lived through a chaotic series of events unprecedented in modern times. Still, some say “nothing ever happens.” They argue that these apparently dramatic crises, from the Russo-Ukraine War to Texas governor Greg Abbott’s recent challenge to the federal government, are meaningless ephemera which change nothing about our underlying situation. Others argue, to the contrary, that such ferments are the foothills of the future, even if the massive changes we all desire and fear have not yet arrived. Sean McMeekin’s July 1914, a very detailed analysis of the month before World War I began, shows that the latter group has the better claim, if history is any guide." . . .

[@martgatz75]

Currently reading this book and have Stalin’s War up next. This was a great rundown. I’ve been searching for a modern historian I can read and not cringe at. McMeekin’s work is really good.

[@CharlesHaywood]

I have a "Stalin's War" review too . . . . Also "The Russian Revolution."

[@skenzyme81]

Is this another excellent book that I can only get from a private seller for $400?

[@CharlesHaywood]

Nope. Cheap!

[@simonbagel]

Recently visited the National WWI Museum in Kansas City. I anticipated typical US War propaganda. Not so, although the moneyed influences that motivated both Churchill and Wilson were largely ignored. Anyway, a must see if you're passing through that town.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

I assume a lot of the same "propaganda" was present and active at the time? Not including it might almost be inaccurate, no?

[@ScotterationRetard]

Fantastic museum, really really is worth the trip.
Something you really come away from it realizing is that the american "every war is a massive moral crusade" thing has been around a LOT longer than most people think. Some of the displays of war propaganda, from over a hundred years ago, are just astounding. Who even remembers the Kaiser, let alone cares about him anymore? But at the time the state made it very clear he was the actual devil incarnate, just like other germans we haven't liked throughout history, or putin now. Same thing, different time. America doesn't go to war, it goes on a crusade against old scratch, no matter how little sense that makes at the time or looking back on it. And most americans believe it.