Why Vienna and Belgrade were ready to fight in 1914—Bosnia’s annexation, the harsh ultimatum, and Serbia’s mobilization ...

On November 11, 1918, World War I finally came to an end after four-plus years of combat. Armistice Day was wildly celebrated ...

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was only the trigger — the real causes ran deeper. Austria-Hungary saw a chance to destroy Serbia; Serbia saw a chance to prove its strength. This episode ...

World War I ended in Russia on March 3, 1918, with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The signatories included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Lenin’s Bolshevik regime. Lenin ...

Surprisingly, at least to me, there are still climate change skeptics out there who either don’t believe that the climate is ...

George “Nevin” Oswald served in World War I with Company K of the 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division of the U.S. Army ...

Could the future of the world have really been determined by the meeting of two angry, physically sick young men one night in ...

The darkness of late fall in Europe will soon be brightened by the onset of celebrations of St. Martin’s Day and the ...

If you're looking to fill up on pierogies, potato pancakes, and other Polish classics, you'll find them at a buffet about 15 ...

But we have had a president “solve” a war — and win the Nobel Peace Prize for doing so. When Theodore Roosevelt accomplished ...

International law is starting to reflect a growing global consensus on the need to recognise the climate effects of armed ...

As historians across the spectrum have argued, the treaty’s chief flaw was not excessive punishment but inadequate ...