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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1281 The End of World War I: A Look Back 100 Years Later

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

World War I was a catastrophe for Western civilization. One hundred years ago, on November 11th, it finally came to an end. Author and historian Hunt Tooley joins me for an assessment of the wars long-term consequences for all of us.

Show notes for Ep. 1281

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 1281.

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0:35.2

Hi, everybody. Tom Woods here. We are approaching the 100th anniversary of the

0:39.1

armistice that ended World War I. That happened on November 11th, 1918. So I thought this was an

0:46.5

opportune time to revisit this particular moment in history. And who better to do that with us

0:53.2

than the author of the book, I think,

0:55.7

is the indispensable volume for you to read on this subject, namely the Great War, Western Front

1:02.7

and Home Front, by our guest Hunt Tully. Hunt is Professor of History and Chairman of the History

1:09.2

Department at Austin College in Sherman, Texas,

1:12.3

and he is an associate editor of the Independent Review, which is the Academic Journal of the

1:17.3

Independent Institute. Hunt, welcome back. Thank you, Tom. It's great to be here. You know,

1:21.8

what's interesting is four years ago, I had what I called World War One Week on my podcast,

1:27.4

where I did five episodes all about

1:29.5

World War I in one week, because, of course, it was 100 years since the beginning of the war.

1:34.3

And here we are, because I'm a persistent guy, I'm still podcasting, and now we've reached 100

1:39.2

years since the ending of the war, and this month, 100 years ago. So I thought that's also important to talk about.

1:47.8

We talked a bit about the origins of the war and the who was who and what led up to it and

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