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The Guns Of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns Of August

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

It was mentioned as a book Conan's guest had read multiple times, focusing on the start of World War I and human behavior leading up to major conflicts.

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I do have a book I go back to a lot and I think I just read it for the third time was Guns of August because Barbara Tuchman's book on the beginning of World War I.

— Episode: Ambassador Rahm Emanuel

Episode: Ambassador Rahm Emanuel

It was mentioned as a book Conan's guest had read multiple times, focusing on the start of World War I and human behavior leading up to major conflicts.

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I do have a book I go back to a lot and I think I just read it for the third time was Guns of August because Barbara Tuchman's book on the beginning of World War I.

The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was presented as a history of the onset of World WarI, showing how fast crises can erupt and how miscalculations arise when humans are at the center of events.

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my third recommendation would be actually the guns of august which is basically a history of how world war one started the basic idea that crises happen very fast almost no one knows what's going on t...

— Episode: What if Dario Amodei Is Right About A.I....

Episode: What if Dario Amodei Is Right About A.I.?

It was presented as a history of the onset of World WarI, showing how fast crises can erupt and how miscalculations arise when humans are at the center of events.

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my third recommendation would be actually the guns of august which is basically a history of how world war one started the basic idea that crises happen very fast almost no one knows what's going on there are lots of miscalculations because they're humans at the center of it and we somehow have to learn to step back and make wiser decisions in these key moments

Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

The book was mentioned as a history of World War I, and the author likened the circumstances to the current political climate, where events seem to be marching towards a negative end point.

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Barbara Tuckman, who is a historian, who wrote a book called "The Guns of August," that's a history of World War One, that describes kind of the machinery that got set up and marched everybody into th...

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 42

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 42

The book was mentioned as a history of World War I, and the author likened the circumstances to the current political climate, where events seem to be marching towards a negative end point.

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Barbara Tuckman, who is a historian, who wrote a book called "The Guns of August," that's a history of World War One, that describes kind of the machinery that got set up and marched everybody into that situation exploding like sleepwalkers, right. Like this system has been set up and the people are kind of so unwilling to see where it's leading that everything's just kind of marching with a sense of inevitability towards a worse and a worse end point.

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 42

The Guns of August is a historical account of the events leading up to World War I, specifically the political and diplomatic factors that contributed to the war's outbreak, that was mentioned in connection with the idea of sleepwalkers and the inevitability of our current situation.

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The Guns of August is a history of World War I...that describes kind of the machinery that got set up and marched everybody into that situation exploding like sleepwalkers right...like this system has been set up and the people are kind of so unwilling to see where it's leading that everything's just kind of marching with a with a sense of inevitability towards a worse and a worse end point and that's that's what scares me most about this.

Monday Morning Podcast

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Monday Morning Podcast

It was discussed in relation to World War I and France's humiliation after losing to Germany in 1870, particularly the German march down the Champs-lyses.

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Somebody got me a...gave me this book, The Guns of August, and it's about World War I and it's phenomenal.

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-7-14

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-7-14

It was discussed in relation to World War I and France's humiliation after losing to Germany in 1870, particularly the German march down the Champs-lyses.

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Somebody got me a...gave me this book, The Guns of August, and it's about World War I and it's phenomenal.

...and basically France lost, France straight up lost that war.

...they had to let the Germans drive up that street, the Champs-lyses, right, and not one French person showed up.

It was basically said...something like to never be spoken of, but always thought about. Basically never forget that, don't bring it up.

...the fact that Hitler did it again...it happened again in World War II.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 4-7-22

It was discussed as a phenomenal book about World War I, specifically focusing on the events leading up to the war and the impact of Germany's victory in 1870 on France.

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Somebody got me a...gave me this book, The Guns of August, and it's about World War I and it's phenomenal.

I knew that France had lost to Germany in World War I or World War II initially, both wars, but I didn't realize that in like 1870 they had had another war and Germany won that one.

Basically, France lost, France straight up lost that war. It wasn't like World War I, World War II, where they got occupied then eventually got him out of there...

Aside from having to give up some land, one of the things...part of this that the treaty in the end is they had to let the Germans drive up that street, the Champs-lyses, right?

It was basically said that...yeah, it was something like to never be spoken of, but always thought about...basically never forget that, don't bring it up...

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 4-7-22

It was discussed as a phenomenal book about World War I, particularly focusing on the events leading up to the war and Germany's perspective.

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Somebody got me a...gave me this book, The Guns of August, and it's about World War I and it's phenomenal.

I knew that France had lost to Germany in World War I or World War II initially, both wars, but I didn't realize that in like 1870 they had had another war and Germany won that one.

Basically, France lost, France straight-up lost that war...in 1870 they fucking lost and aside from having to give up some land, one of the things, part of this that the treaty in the end is they had to let the Germans drive up that street, the Champs-lyses, right?

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-7-14

It was discussed in relation to World War I and how it detailed France's humiliation after losing to Germany in 1870, particularly the Germans driving down the Champs-lyses.

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Somebody got me a...gave me this book, The Guns of August, and it's about World War One and it's phenomenal.

And I knew that France had lost to Germany in World War One and World War Two initially, both wars, but I didn't realize that in like 1870 they had had another war and Germany won that one.

It wasn't like World War One, World War Two where they got occupied and eventually got him out of there...At least I think that's what happened to World War One because I don't know much about that war.

But in 1870 they fucking lost and aside from having to give up some land, one of the things, part of the treaty in the end, is they had to let the Germans drive up that street, the chums it easy, right? And not one French person showed up.

Basically that moment in their history when the Germans drove up Champs-lyses, which I'm sure I'm saying it wrong, it was basically said...something like to never be spoken of, but always thought about. Basically never forget that, don't bring it up.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-7-14

It was discussed in relation to World War I and France's humiliation after losing to Germany in 1870, particularly the Germans' march down the Champs-lyses.

"

Somebody got me a...gave me this book, The Guns of August, and it's about World War I and it's phenomenal.

...and basically France lost, France straight up lost that war.

...aside from having to give up some land, one of the things, part of the treaty in the end, is they had to let the Germans drive up that street, the chums it easy, right?

...It was basically said...something like, to never be spoken of, but always thought about. Basically, never forget that, don't bring it up.

...the fact that Hitler did it again...as far as I've gotten into that book, The Guns of August, basically the fucking reason why Germany started the first one...

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-7-14

It was discussed in relation to World War I and how France lost to Germany in 1870, which led to Germans driving up the Champs-lyses as part of the treaty.

"

Somebody got me a...gave me this book, The Guns of August, and it's about World War One and it's phenomenal.

I knew that France had lost to Germany in World War One and World War Two initially...both wars, but I didn't realize that in like 1870 they had had another war and Germany won that one.

It wasn't like World War One, World War Two where they got occupied and eventually got him out of there...at least I think that's what happened to World War One because I don't know much about that war.

But in 1870 they fucking lost, and aside from having to give up some land, one of the things...part of the treaty in the end is they had to let the Germans drive up that street, the chums-it-easy, right? And not one French person showed up.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-7-14

It was discussed in relation to World War I and France's defeat by Germany in 1870, specifically the humiliation of the German march down the Champs-lyses as part of the treaty.

"

Somebody got me a...gave me this book, The Guns of August, and it's about World War One and it's phenomenal.

...and basically France lost, France straight up lost that war.

...aside from having to give up some land, one of the things...part of the treaty in the end is they had to let the Germans drive up that street, the chums it easy, right?

...It was basically said...something like to never be spoken of but always thought about. Basically never forget that, don't bring it up. That's how much it hurt them for that to happen.

The Daily Stoic

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The Daily Stoic

It was mentioned as a book that President John F. Kennedy read, which helped him with his decision-making during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He used the book's lessons to inform his approach to handling the situation.

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he was thinking about a book he read called the guns of august about the outbreak of of world war one

— Episode: This Is How To Capture The Magic | Ask D...

Episode: This Is How To Capture The Magic | Ask Daily Stoic

It was mentioned as a book that President John F. Kennedy read, which helped him with his decision-making during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He used the book's lessons to inform his approach to handling the situation.

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he was thinking about a book he read called the guns of august about the outbreak of of world war one

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