EPISODE 5 | JOHNNY, GET YOUR GUNOn 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to seek permission to declare war. He was met with tumultuous applause and on 6 April 1917 America finally entered the conflict. A new drama from Ma

Enter the Peace Broker by Martyn Wade | Introduction to Episode 5 by Professor Sir Hew Strachan

Jun 9th, 2017 4m 27s

EPISODE 5By the time America joined the War in April 1917, Britain was on the verge of bankruptcy. President Wilson had finally accepted that the US would have to fight if it wanted to help shape the peace, but there was concern in Britain

Enter the Peace Broker by Martyn Wade | Ep 4 It’s a Long Way to Berlin

Jun 9th, 2017 27m 53s

EPISODE 4 | IT’S A LONG WAY TO BERLINOn 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to seek permission to declare war. He was met with tumultuous applause and on 6 April 1917 America finally entered the conflict. A new drama fr

Enter the Peace Broker by Martyn Wade | Introduction to Episode 4 by Professor Sir Hew Strachan

Jun 9th, 2017 4m 29s

EPISODE 4The failure of the German peace initiative of December 1916 made it impossible for Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg to resist pressure from the army and the navy to adopt unrestricted U-boat warfare. On 31 January 1917, the Kaiser final

Enter the Peace Broker by Martyn Wade | Ep 3 I Didn’t Raise My Boy to be a Soldier

Jun 9th, 2017 31m 33s

EPISODE 3 | I DIDN’T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIEROn 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to seek permission to declare war. He was met with tumultuous applause and on 6 April 1917 America finally entered the conflict. A

Enter the Peace Broker by Martyn Wade | Introduction to Episode 3 by Professor Sir Hew Strachan

Jun 8th, 2017 4m 49s

EPISODE 3The efforts of President Wilson’s adviser, Colonel House, to use the neutrality of the United States to broker a peace in 1915 and early 1916 had little hope of success. But by the end of 1916, the prospects for peace had improved.

Enter the Peace Broker by Martyn Wade | Ep 2 The Hero of the European War

Jun 8th, 2017 30m 39s

EPISODE 2 | THE HERO OF THE EUROPEAN WAROn 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to seek permission to declare war. He was met with tumultuous applause and on 6 April 1917 America finally entered the conflict. A new drama

Enter the Peace Broker by Martyn Wade | Introduction to Episode 2 by Professor Sir Hew Strachan

Jun 8th, 2017 4m 8s

EPISODE 2Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, found himself treading a diplomatic tightrope: how ‘to secure the maximum of blockade that could be enforced without a rupture with the United States’? Professor Sir Hew Strachan refl

Enter the Peace Broker by Martyn Wade | Ep 1 When the Lusitania Went Down

Jun 8th, 2017 27m 22s

EPISODE 1 | WHEN THE LUSITANIA WENT DOWNOn 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to seek permission to declare war. He was met with tumultuous applause and on 6 April 1917 America finally entered the conflict. A new drama

Enter the Peace Broker by Martyn Wade | Introduction to Episode 1 by Professor Sir Hew Strachan

Jun 8th, 2017 4m 6s

EPISODE 1The story of the First World War runs in parallel with another narrative – the story of how to define peace and how to make that peace relevant to a world profoundly changed by war. Professor Sir Hew Strachan explores how the pursu

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