Points of No Return in History

Dave Noell

What are the crossroads moments in history where it all could have gone differently? Host Dave Noell explores the most dramatic events that changed the course of humanity. Dave holds a Ph.D. from the Columbia Journalism School. Contact the show: dvdnoell@gmail.com Twitter @dnoell

  1. 04/07/2021

    The July Crisis of 1914 #2

    Following the Franz Ferdinand assassination, Austria-Hungary would have some decisions to make regarding Serbia. Would they respond with diplomacy? Or a call to arms? I also take a closer look at Austria-Hungary's responsibility in the outbreak of the First World War. Citations and Links - Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers: How Europe went to War in 1914 (New York: HarperCollins, 2012) John W. Langdon, "Emerging from Fischer's Shadow: Recent Examinations of the Crisis of July 1914," The History Teacher 20, no. 1 (November, 1986), 63-86 Jack S. Levy, "Preferences, Constraints, and Choices in July 1914," International Security 15, no. 3 (Winter 1990/1991), 151-186 Sean McMeekin, July 1914: Countdown to War (New York: Basic Books, 2013) Samuel R. Williamson, Jr., "Austria-Hungary Opts for War," in Essays on World War I: Origins and Prisoners of War, eds. Samuel R. Williamson, Jr. and Peter Pastor (Social Science Monographs, Columbia University Press, 1983), 9-36 Samuel R. Williamson, Jr., "Austria and the Origins of the Great War: A Selective Historiographical Survey," in 1914: Austria Hungary, the Origins, and the First Year of World War I eds. Gunter Bischof, Ferdinand Karlhofer and Samuel R. Williamson (University of New Orleans Press, 2014), 21-33 Samuel R. Williamson, Jr., "The Origins of World War I," Journal of Interdisciplinary History 18, no. 4 (Spring 1988), 795-818 Samuel R. Williamson, Jr. and Ernest R. May, "An Identity of Opinion: Historians and July 1914," The Journal of Modern History 79 (June 2007), 335-387 https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/july_crisis_1914 Contact the show - Twitter: @dnoell Email: dvdnoell@gmail.com Music - Artist: Cody Martin Song: Sir Francis Drake

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What are the crossroads moments in history where it all could have gone differently? Host Dave Noell explores the most dramatic events that changed the course of humanity. Dave holds a Ph.D. from the Columbia Journalism School. Contact the show: dvdnoell@gmail.com Twitter @dnoell

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