WDF 30: The Long War VIII

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

🗓️ 22 October 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

You have all been very patient, so I am so excited to finally begin unpacking the incredibly fascinating and interconnected era of the 1680s. This episode here should tie us back to the first three episodes we did on Louis XIV, because it relates Leopold’s concerns to the military and diplomatic situation in the west, and explains why exactly Leopold believed until it was almost too late that France, rather than the Ottomans, posed the gravest threat to the Habsburgs in Europe.

While the Habsburg alliance with Jan Sobieski and the PLC is probably the most famous outcome of this diplomatic wrangling, before that destination was arrived at, the Habsburgs had to traverse some pretty difficult issues and their agents had to overcome the pre-existing agendas of the other powers, especially when those powers preferred to pursue their own relationships with Louis XIV independent of the Habsburgs.

The Electors of Saxony (pictured), Bavaria, Brandenburg, Hanover and so many other minor powers make an appearance, as re-arming becomes the norm, and everyone begins to see the importance in picking a side.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to the latest episode of When Diplomacy Fails, more specifically the long war.
0:05.5	More precisely, our build-up to the last siege of Vienna. We're having a good time counting down
0:10.2	the days towards the last siege of Vienna, and it's a really, really good story with a lot of
0:15.1	detailed, intricate parts involved. This is why it's taken us eight episodes and we're not even
0:20.0	there yet, so if you want to
0:21.7	know what the background detail to what all is, make sure you check out the previous episodes.
0:26.4	If you're waiting for me to just get on with this, you'll have to wait just a few precious
0:29.8	minutes because I'm here to tell you about something very exciting that our Agora friends recently
0:34.5	decided to do. It's turned into a kind of annual thing. It's this thing called
0:39.2	agoraphobia, where to, I suppose, mark the fact that it's Halloween in October. It's also the
0:44.6	month of my birthday, by the way. The agora folks get around, they gather around and they release a
0:50.3	short little episode on something particularly spooky or interesting or creepy in general.
0:56.0	If you're in the mood for the HebeGeebies, check out the Agora Podcast Network and check out
1:00.6	the Agoraphobia episode. It's really good. I've listened to it myself. And yeah, I'm not
1:05.5	actually taking part this time. You should know just in case you go over there looking for me.
1:09.6	But there's a lot of very
1:10.9	talented history podcasters who do take part and you'll be wise to check them out of course
1:15.5	when diplomacy fell is a proud member of the agora podcast network which includes a whole load of
1:20.4	wonderful podcasts just like me so do we a favor go and listen to the agoraphobia and let the people
1:27.0	in charge or the people involved
1:28.5	know that you enjoyed it. Anything else? Well, you should know if you're really just not able to get
1:34.1	enough of this story in your life. If you just want more of the Siege of Vienna into your veins,
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