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Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of War, 1914 - Michael S. Neiberg

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336 pages Belknap Press Publication Date: 10/14/2013 ISBN 9780674725935 ‘Dance of the Furies’ by Michael S Neiberg is a definitive social history of Europe leading up to the outbreak of world war, its initial spasms and the first months of the conflict.  ‘Dance of the Furies’ is a comprehensive academic study into the lives of those who were l…


ONLINE: 'The British Soldier is no Bolshevik: problems with demobilisation' with Dr William Butler

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The presentation will be live and online.  Almost immediately after the Armistice was signed in November 1918, many British soldiers went on strike to demand their swifter return to civilian life. In January 1919, over 50,000 soldiers were out on strike, a fact that was of great concern to the British civilian and military authorities, who mis…