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War in Germany: 1848 and the impasse of conservative militarism in Prussia

March 7, 2018

War in Germany

How did Metternich contain the revolutionary threat? Would Germany have been more peaceful if liberalism had triumphed in 1848? Marx, Engels and the promise of revolutionary war.

Lecture slides here:

Tooze WinG2018 Lecture 9 1815-1850

Chartbook #150: Why “cheap Russian gas” was a strategic snare but not the secret to German export success.

September 12, 2022

Right now German grand strategy is in the crosshairs of criticism. Germany is faulted for having appeased Putin. It is faulted for having neglected the

Chartbook #149: Success on the battlefield whilst the pressure mounts on Ukraine’s home front.

September 10, 2022

Though the news from the frontline may be good for Ukraine. As the summer comes to a close, its economic situation is increasingly alarming. The

Chartbook #148: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? How China, Cuba and Albania came to have higher life expectancy than the USA.

September 2, 2022

In August America’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) published a set of data that ought to have brought political, economic and social debate to a