Explore how the industrial carnage of WWI fueled a global philosophical shift, turning nationalist fervor into a communist revolution that toppled empires.
Best quote from The Great Slaughter: Empires, Ideology, and Revolution
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When the gap between the goals of the elite and the survival of the masses gets too wide, the system doesn't just bend—it snaps.
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Please give a lesson on WW1 and the influence of communism and philosophy at the time
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