Austria-Hungary sends an ultimatum to Serbia. The European powers respond.

I also take a closer look at Russia's culpability for war.

Citations and Links -

Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers: How Europe went to War in 1914 (New York: HarperCollins, 2012)

Sean McMeekin, July 1914: Countdown to War (New York: Basic Books, 2013)

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 (https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/july_crisis_1914)

https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Austro-Hungarian_Ultimatum_to_Serbia_(English_translation) (The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum) (WWI Document Archive)

https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Serbian_Response_to_the_Austro-Hungarian_Ultimatum_(English_translation) (The Serbian Response) (WWI Document Archive)

Contact the show -

Twitter: @dnoell

Email: [email protected]

Music -

Artist: Cody Martin

Song: Sir Francis Drake