WDF 30: The Long War IX

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Albert Caprara has a really bad time in this episode, as he is plucked from his far more enjoyable job in the University of Bologna and selected by Leopold to negotiate with the Turks. These same Turks who had been preparing themselves for war for the last few months, were found by Caprara to have been - surprise surprise - preparing themselves for war, rather than preparing themselves to sign a new peace treaty with the Habsburgs.

News of this development comes slowly to Vienna though, and in the meantime there is plenty to distract Leopold's court over the course of 1682. A number of initiatives directed towards the French spring up in Germany, as William III attempts to arrange something of use with the Swedes, as the Emperor looks on, only ever so gradually and reluctantly turning his attentions to the east, beyond the Hungarian wasteland, and towards a threat which was preparing to achieve its crowning glory at his expense.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome, guys. My name is Zach Twomley and you're listening to When Diplomacy Fails.
0:04.7	This is the ninth episode of the Long War, so if you haven't listened to the other episodes yet,
0:08.6	you might not know what's going on. If you just like your history right there, whenever you want us,
0:13.1	then stay tuned. If this is your first time listening, yes, my name is Zach. I am a historian, somewhat qualified at least, to be telling you about such events as Louis
0:21.5	the 14th and the last siege of Vienna and everything else in between. We've been really
0:26.4	enjoying this story. You guys have been giving me some great feedback on it all, and yes, I should
0:30.8	add if you want some more When Diplomacy fails in your life, you'd be hard pressed to find it
0:35.4	anywhere else than on the extra feed for the patron page.
0:38.9	So go to patreon.com forward slash when diplomacy fails and you'll be able to find right now a
0:44.3	Jan Sobieski biography, which is running concurrently, I think that's the right use of that word,
0:49.3	I've always wanted to use it, is running concurrently to the long war.
0:53.7	Jan Sobieski was of course the guy who arrived just in time to save everyone's bum
0:57.9	at the last siege of Vienna in 1683, but before that he did an awful lot to make him a
1:03.9	very worthwhile king in his own right.
1:06.1	So make sure to check his story out if you're interested.
1:08.8	That again is When Diplomacy Fails's Patreon page.
1:12.5	Patreon.com for slash when diplomacy fails.
1:15.0	Or of course you could go to our website, wdfpodcast.com.
1:20.1	I should also add if you want the episodes like these of the Long War, etc.
1:24.2	A week before everyone else gets them and free from ads and free from me talking
1:29.0	to you about Patreon in times like these. Then Patreon is very good for that as well. For a five
1:35.2	or a month you could get extra content like the Anzobieski stuff, but for $2 a month you could be
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