Domestic Politics - The Origins of Foreign Wars

We often tend to down play, ignore or straight up forget about domestic political concerns when we're talking about the origins of foreign wars. When events started cascading towards war in the summer of 19 14, tzar nicholas and his ministers were playing the great game of international real politique. But that was not the only thing on their minds. And this week we are going to approach the july crisis from their perspective with a specific eye on how this was all playing domestically.