What Triggered World War One?
A presentation by Dan Kohanski
It has been over a century since World War One radically altered human destiny, and to this day we still argue over what happened to trigger it. In this presentation, Dan Kohanski suggests that among the causes of the war were the personalities of the leaders of the European great powers and the rise of ethno-nationalism. He examines three specific events: the conversion of the Austrian Empire into the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867; the Bosnian annexation crisis of 1908-09; and the July crisis of 1914 that ultimately led to war. Dan will conclude by asking us to consider whether and to what degree the world is facing a similar situation today.
Trench warfare in World War One
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Dan Kohanski is a longtime member of the Institute, and for the past few years has served on the board. Apocryphal Press published his book A God of Our Invention: How Religion Shaped the Western World in 2023. He recently became interested in the questions of how World War One started and whether something like it could happen again for similar reasons, and since then has been researching the histories and the sources.
