On this week's episode of History Reconsidered, Sumantra Maitra and Jarrett Stepman discuss the lead up to World War I.
At the end of the Cold War the United States stood alone as the world's preeminent superpower. Following 9/11, most U.S. military engagements were with substate actors and counterinsurgents. However, with the rise of China and increasingly militancy of powers like Russia are we entering a period of renewed great power conflict?
Maitra and Stepman talk about how events spun out of control in the early 20th century, leading to the greatest wars in human history, the collapse of empires, and a total reshaping of the world's political map.
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