1917: The world at war

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🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Renowned First World War historian Professor David Stevenson explores the Russian Revolution, the Balfour Declaration, Passchendaele, and American entry into the First World War, as part of his survey of one of the 20th century’s most pivotal years Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.6	because then they would have to explain to their public what the war had been for,
0:51.9	what had these hundreds of thousands of casualties been
0:54.1	suffered for? That was David Stevenson, talking about the First World War in 1917. You're listening to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine.
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1:39.8	Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast.
1:42.7	I'm Rob Atar, the editor of BBC History magazine.
1:46.4	Today's interview is with Professor David Stevenson of the London School of Economics.
1:52.0	David is one of Britain's foremost experts on the First World War, and he's recently written
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