

World War I: The "Great War"
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S1 AFL. 1 - The Century's Initial Catastrophe
18 oktober 202333min.The opening lecture presents the main themes of the course, beginning with the concept of total war. Other themes include the role of ideology, the meanings ascribed to the war by different sides, and the war's legacy.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 2 - Europe in 1914
18 oktober 202332min.This lecture examines the state of Europe and the world before the onset of the war in 1914. The emergence of the German Empire created strains in the international balance of power, as divided among Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 3 - Towards Crisis in Politics and Culture
18 oktober 202334min.Even among those who expected war, there were widespread misconceptions about the nature of the conflict to come. In this lecture you explore the prevailing ideas and attitudes in Europe and then turn to the premonitions noted by contemporaries of coming disaster.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 4 - Causes of the War and the July Crisis, 1914
18 oktober 202329min.This lecture analyzes the immediate events that led to war, from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary at Sarajevo in June 1914 to the diplomatic chain reactions that followed in the July Crisis.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 5 - The August Madness
18 oktober 202330min.Hysterical celebration known as the August Madness greeted the outbreak of war between the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, and Russia). You analyze new research that questions how widespread this emotional outburst really was.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 6 - The Failed Gambles—War Plans Break Down
18 oktober 202331min.This lecture follows the unfolding of the German Schlieffen Plan, which envisioned quick victory on two fronts, and the French Plan XVII, which aimed to recover lost French territories. Both were thwarted.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 7 - The Western Front Experience
18 oktober 202329min.The Western Front soon froze into static trench warfare and horrific slaughter from attempts to break this deadlock. Generals on both sides sought a breakthrough that would allow sweeping offensives and glorious cavalry charges. These never came.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 8 - Life and Death in the Trenches
18 oktober 202331min.This lecture gives a detailed overview of the trench landscape from the perspective of ordinary soldiers: the elaborate fortifications, the omnipresence of death, and the codes of behavior such as the Christmas fraternizations between the trenches in 1914.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 9 - The Great Battles of Attrition
18 oktober 202331min.Once the new dynamics of industrial war had been recognized, there followed a series of months-long battles of attrition. You examine the battles of Verdun and Somme in 1916, and in 1917 the French Champagne Offensive and the Third Battle of Ypres, also called Passchendaele.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 10 - The Eastern Front Experience
18 oktober 202333min.This lecture illuminates the unfamiliar clash of empires in the East, beginning with the Russian invasion of German East Prussia and the ominous disasters of the Austro-Hungarian war effort. The Germans achieved victory against the Russians at Tannenberg in 1914 and followed up with the "Great Advance" of 1915 into Russian territory.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 11 - The Southern Fronts
18 oktober 202331min.Turkish entry into the war expanded its scope. Allied landings in Gallipoli in 1915 were repulsed by Turkish defenders. Italy entered the war on the Allied side but met disaster against Austria-Hungary at the battle of Caporetto.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 12 - War Aims and Occupations
18 oktober 202331min.What goals did the Allies and the Central Powers pursue from the outset of the war? How did these goals change? After examining these questions, you turn to the experience of military occupation and how it affected civilian populations.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 13 - Soldiers as Victims
18 oktober 202331min.Historians estimate that half of the soldiers mobilized in the war were killed or wounded, and some suggest that nearly half of surviving soldiers experienced psychological traumas. This lecture seeks to convey the immense scale of this carnage.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 14 - Storm Troopers and Future Dictators
18 oktober 202330min.Attempts to break the immobility of trench warfare produced storm troopers, fearless warriors habituated to the trench landscape to a disturbing degree. Two ordinary soldiers seemed to enjoy the war too much: Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 15 - The Total War of Technology
18 oktober 202331min.An important element of World War I was the expanding destructive potential of technology. This lecture covers such developments as the machine gun, poison gas, and the submarine, as well as the economic weapon of ersatz materials.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 16 - Air War
18 oktober 202330min.While the war in the air was not yet decisive in World War I, it was a frightening portent of what future conflict would hold. This lecture surveys the rapid improvement in early airplanes and the growth of the myth of the fighter ace.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 17 - War at Sea
18 oktober 202331min.Like the land forces, the opposing navies also reached a stalemate. The Battle of Jutland in May 1916 was the only large-scale British-German naval clash, and it ended indecisively. The naval blockade imposed by the British on Germany was of far greater effect.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 18 - The Global Reach of the War
18 oktober 202331min.This lecture surveys fighting in the European colonies in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The diplomatic sparring for the sympathies of neutral states is also examined, along with the economic dimension of the global war.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 19 - The War State
18 oktober 202331min.Total war put new demands on the state to mobilize populations and economies for victory. For example, Britain broke with earlier liberal traditions to give the government increased power over the economy and political speech.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 20 - Propaganda War
18 oktober 202332min.This lecture examines the increasing sophistication of official propaganda. You also study the phenomenon of spontaneous propaganda produced by citizens, which could take the form of rumors, myths, and stereotypes of the enemy.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 21 - Endurance and Stress on the Home Front
18 oktober 202331min.The home fronts in all the warring countries met privation, shortages, and surveillance with both endurance and signs of growing stress. The British blockade led to severe hunger in Germany, and the employment of women in war industries disrupted social traditions.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 22 - Dissent and Its Limits
18 oktober 202331min.A range of voices spoke out against the conflict as it deepened, including workers, pacifists, and even a decorated British officer, Siegfried Sassoon. At the same time, radical socialists saw in the war an opening for world revolution.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 23 - Remobilization in 1916–1917
18 oktober 202329min.Increasing war-weariness led all the combatant powers to attempt to reinvigorate the war effort. In France and Britain new civilian governments took the lead in this effort, while in Germany the de facto military dictatorship inaugurated a new propaganda campaign.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 24 - Armenian Massacres—Tipping into Genocide
18 oktober 202333min.World War I saw the launching of what is considered the first full-scale modern genocide: the 1915 Armenian massacres in Ottoman Turkey, in which between 500,000 and one million men, women, and children of the Armenian minority were killed or died from abuse.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopenS1 AFL. 25 - Strains of War—Socialists and Nationalists
18 oktober 202331min.This lecture explores the growing divisions in wartime societies, which produced revolts such as the 1915 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, the French army's mutinies in 1917, and the growing alienation of subject nationalities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Gratis proefversie van The Great Courses Signature Collection of kopen
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