tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post540185430972966105..comments2024-03-29T02:37:52.926-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Niall Ferguson, World War I Pot Stirrersnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-85450134566454538862016-01-04T02:43:32.983-08:002016-01-04T02:43:32.983-08:00While war is always a sad choice for most nations ...While war is always a sad choice for most nations and especially liberal democracies with a pluralistic rule, the German invasion of Belgium and march on France necessitated allied actions. To argue otherwise is academic to the great sacrifices made. And while the cost in lives and destruction was appalling, there is always a learning curve for forces engaged in a new war. And the battlefields David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-27560630515973582632015-12-04T22:30:55.415-08:002015-12-04T22:30:55.415-08:00Ferguson is wrong that Britain accepted French heg...Ferguson is wrong that Britain accepted French hegemony on the continent in Napoleonic times. Right from the beginning Britain initiated coalition wars providing fleet, a small mobile army and money. Antwerp port in French hands was considered a gun pointed at the heart of Britain. British strategy in 1914 is similar.<br /><br />In general most people expected heavy casualties but also a short Jip Meijerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18251669204739436502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-25581963202011786452015-12-01T17:48:24.948-08:002015-12-01T17:48:24.948-08:00Good stuff, once again. Thanks for sharing. Good stuff, once again. Thanks for sharing. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-26973051180629209312015-11-30T09:16:18.748-08:002015-11-30T09:16:18.748-08:00An interesting article. I also believe that Britai...An interesting article. I also believe that Britain entered the war to check German naval expansion and its interference with British hegemony in Africa and other places. A case can also be made that German support for the Boer Republics in 1899. Fergusson's point on intervention is well taken. England in fact had recently reorganized its forces. There were 14 Territorial divisions. bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-78437647874451862772015-11-29T14:24:18.520-08:002015-11-29T14:24:18.520-08:00British and French support of Serbian-government b...British and French support of Serbian-government backed murderers showed the world that terrorism pays. We're still paying the price.samgrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313219009321379423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-6536695225138963842015-11-29T12:08:06.473-08:002015-11-29T12:08:06.473-08:00There were a number of serious attempts to charge ...There were a number of serious attempts to charge Kaiser Wilhelm with being the man who chose war, with his so-called "blank cheque" to Austria-Hungary in its actions to punish Serbia for the actions of a very few radicals in the assassination of the Grand Duke and wife.<br />Holland refused to give up the Kaiser for trial, thereby making Holland complicit.<br />Does all this matter Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02212214330291867479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-56998998109257658992015-11-29T11:13:09.705-08:002015-11-29T11:13:09.705-08:00Would that this were anything new. Folks have bee...Would that this were anything new. Folks have been making the eame arguments since 1914Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932318362316798388noreply@blogger.com