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Referenced as a 'brilliant, groundbreaking book on this process' when discussing whether European leaders were truly sleepwalkers stumbling into war, with the hosts disagreeing with the book's title metaphor while praising the work itself

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Referenced when discussing Chris Clark's characterization of the Serbian reply to the Austrian ultimatum as 'a perfumed rejection'

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Referenced when discussing British foreign policy and the argument that Britain's alliances with France and Russia were a form of appeasement to protect the empire. Described as written by 'great historian, Christopher Clarke, religious professor at Cambridge.'

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Referenced multiple times for its analysis of Sazonov's diplomatic documents and his construction of an alternative narrative about the assassination, as well as discussion of the French-Russian alliance and the concept of a 'Balkan trigger' or 'tripwire'.

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Tom mentions re-reading this book in preparation for the podcast series. Referenced multiple times throughout the episode, including Clark's observation that the Austrians never discussed what would happen if the Russians attacked them, and his line comparing the Austrians to 'hedgehogs scurrying across a highway with their eyes averted from the onrushing traffic.'

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Mentioned as an example of recent historical scholarship that emphasizes individuals and contingent circumstances rather than abstract causes for WWI. Referenced multiple times throughout the episode.

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Referenced when discussing how people dream of Franz Joseph and how he haunts their sleep, comparing him to Queen Elizabeth II. Later referenced again regarding General Conrad's repeated calls for preventive wars.

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Referenced multiple times throughout the episode for historical details including Serbian armaments sourcing, identifying who suggested the assassination (Rade Malobabic as 'a super agent'), the grooming of young conspirators, and evidence that Serbian PM Pasic knew about the plot.

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Explicitly mentioned as 'his book' when discussing First World War statistics - '65 million men were mobilized in the First World War, 20 million people died' - and noted that they will be talking about it a lot in subsequent episodes about WWI

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Referenced as a 'brilliant book' when discussing the vast amount of literature written about the causes of WWI, noting that even Clark who 'seems to have read everything on the subject' acknowledges it's impossible for one person to read all that has been written