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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 575 World War I's Pivotal Year, A Century Later

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Historians consider 1916 to be the truly pivotal year of World War I. We look at all the major belligerents, along with developments in the United States. Submarines, blockades, Woodrow Wilson, civilian life, and much more are covered in this compelling episode with Hunt Tooley, my favorite historian of the war.

Show notes for Ep. 575

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 575.

0:03.8

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0:08.6

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0:14.9

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0:44.9

Hello and welcome to another episode of the show. We're talking about World War I today,

0:49.8

and in particular we're talking about the year 1916. Here it is 2016, 100 years later. And

0:56.0

1916 is really the pivotal year in World War I. So we're going to talk about that. And it's

1:01.8

funny, it seems like not that long ago that we were doing World War I week on the show. I did a whole

1:08.3

week of episodes related to one aspect or another of World War

1:12.3

1 back in 2014, because that was 100 years since the war began. Here we are already in 2016.

1:20.1

I don't know. The time is just going crazy. 575 episodes. What can you say? But joining us once again

1:27.3

is Hunt Tully, who is the author of

1:30.8

the book I would have you read on World War I. If you want a book that's going to give you

1:35.4

the real truth and is going to be an engaging read and is written by somebody who actually

1:40.6

knows what he's talking about, then this is the one for you. It's the second

1:44.5

edition of his book, and the second edition is called The Great War, Western Front, and Homefront.

1:50.0

I'll link to it at tomwoods.com slash 575. Hunt Tully is a professor of history at Austin College

1:58.8

and an associated scholar of the Meese's Institute. Hunt,

2:03.2

welcome back to the show. Thanks, Tom. It's great to be here. You've got a new edition,

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