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World War Civ 21: Balkan Wars 1912-1913

The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Russian Foreign Minister Sazanov Was Swayed by Pan-Slavist Arguments

Game theorists love the Balkans, right? Because it's like all these different players... Pieces to celebrate with. So as I mentioned before Trotsky and the other socialists had nothing but contempt for pan-slavism. He talks to a lot of Bulgarians and Serbians in his dispatches who are pan-Slavists. And he's very argumentative with them. They're trying to say there's a whole argument that Russia's public face and its people are at odds. Unfortunately the Russian Foreign Minister Sazanov was swayed by pan- slavist arguments by these emotional outbursts. Apparently he believed in the historic mission of Russia.

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