Professor Christopher Clark unpicks the complex sequence of events that led to WW1. Today, how British decision-makers reacted in the 'July Crisis' of 1914.

Month of Madness - London

The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.

History

Society & Culture

How did WW1 change America's place in the world? Jonathan Dimbleby presents a public debate from the US Library of Congress in Washington

USA: Isolationism

How did technological and industrial development revolutionise World War One? The tank, gas, flame throwers, Zeppelins were like nothing that had been experienced before.

Germany: The Waging of War

A century ago a shot rang out in Sarajevo which set the world on a path to war. How did the peace made after WW1 influence the ethnic conflicts in the region during the 1990s?

Sarajevo: Nationalism

How did World War One change the face of the Middle East? And, how did this seismic and controversial period shape the century to follow?

Jordan: Redrawing the Middle East

What drove men to volunteer to fight during World War One? What drove them to the edge of sanity when they got there?

Month of Madness - London

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