Podcast Episode 135: The Long War, 1789-Present

Historians like to keep things neat and tidy and thus often compartmentalize different periods in Western Civilization. The profession’s infatuation with monographs has led to a climate where the “longue duree” is often overlooked. That is unfortunate because it misses the conjunction between political, military, economic, and social history. As we reflect on American involvement in World War I, it is important to see that conflict in the “longue duree.”