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“By God, I will make them fight!” Winston Churchill and Britain’s decision for war in 1914 (2019)
Book Chapter
Young, J. W. (2020). “By God, I will make them fight!” Winston Churchill and Britain’s decision for war in 1914. In B. McKercher, & A. Capet (Eds.), Winston Churchill : At War and Thinking of War before 1939. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

As first lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill was at the centre of the Liberal government’s decision-making during the July crisis. The July crisis unfolded quickly. Britain’s preoccupation for most of the month was Ireland, where civil war threa... Read More about “By God, I will make them fight!” Winston Churchill and Britain’s decision for war in 1914.

Ambassador George Buchanan and the July Crisis (2017)
Journal Article
Young, J. W. (2018). Ambassador George Buchanan and the July Crisis. International History Review, 40(1), 206-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2017.1357645

During the July Crisis, the United Kingdom was put under strong pressure from Russia and the latter’s ally, France, to declare it would fight alongside them. Britain had made the entente cordiale with France in 1904 and a Convention with Russia in 19... Read More about Ambassador George Buchanan and the July Crisis.