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"The sooner, the better": Germany's Military Leadership and the Outbreak of War in July 1914

Jul 24, 2014

Lecture at the GHI | Speaker: Michael Epkenhans (Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr)

Michael Epkenhans is the Head of Research at the Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr in Potsdam (formerly the MGFA). Previously he was the Director of the Otto von Bismarck Stiftung in Friedrichsruh from 1996 to 2009. He is the author of several works on the history of World War I and the German Navy.

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"The sooner, the better": Germany's Military Leadership and the Outbreak of War in July 1914