[quikstrike98]

“Well, if Vlad was trying to shoot a grain silo I am confused.

If someone shot a silo in Iowa, it wouldn’t lead to war.”

And nobody expected a world war when an archduke was assassinated in Sarajevo, either. In fact, the Kaiser spent the summer on the yacht of his good pal, the Czar of Russia. In a few weeks their nations were at war. “The Guns of August” offers an excellent case study of how events escalate beyond the desires of the participants, and grow beyond their control. At the end, the Kaiser was almost begging his advisors for a way to stop the coming slaughter. They could not. And now, decision making loops are in minutes, not days.

[redgolum]

A good book.

But this is not the same time. At least I hope.

[Mr Radical]

At the end, the Kaiser was almost begging his advisors for a way to stop the coming slaughter

And to think that all he had to do was declare, "I think now is not the right time to rape poor little Belgium!"