http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/sleepwalkers-how-europe-went-to-war-in-1914 (http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/sleepwalkers-how-europe-went-to-war-in-1914)
I'd swear I'd already heard this gentleman's talk on the subject; I think someone here might have beat you to linking it. It's a good lecture, though, and worth bringing to folks' attention again.
If you like lecturers on military history, here is the New York schedule:
http://bobrowen.com/nymas/schedule.html
It caN be daunting to get to a lecture in NYC from out of the area. However, it is worth it if you have any interest in the particular subject. Besides the speaker, many of the audience know a lot and are all willing to share.
Quote from: Martok on January 13, 2015, 03:23:11 AM
I'd swear I'd already heard this gentleman's talk on the subject; I think someone here might have beat you to linking it. It's a good lecture, though, and worth bringing to folks' attention again.
Presumably if you've read
Sleepwalkers a lot of this should sound familiar, too. ;)
Going to dl it for Mom and Dad, since the book is tough to plow through.
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-long-shadow-the-great-war-and-international-memory-1914-2014 (http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-long-shadow-the-great-war-and-international-memory-1914-2014)
Another.
Eh... the Sleepwalkers lecture wasn't so much an overview of the book, as 1/2 a recount (in some detail) of the Ferdi's assassination (without much context for why it happened), and 1/2 an apologetic for why he thought to write the book.
Did he go on afterward to do more lectures in the series from the book? {checking} No, dangit.
Your refund is in the mail. :P
Yay, I can use it to buy new games!
;D