Context:

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

Context:

Described as a 'brilliant book' about Germany and Austria in the First World War, cited when quoting a priest from Jablunkov about the mood when Austrian mobilization orders were posted

Context:

Called 'a wonderful book about 1914' and noted that Bostridge is also the biographer of Florence Nightingale; cited when discussing apocalyptic Sunday sermons in Britain

Context:

Described as 'her incredibly popular book that JFK loved'; referenced to note that the assassination of Franz Ferdinand gets only about two sentences in it because the focus is on Belgium

Context:

Referenced when discussing how Belgium was 'a perfect issue for the liberals' because it allowed them to frame the war in terms of international law and ethics rather than pure national interest

Context:

Her autobiography is referenced at the opening of the episode, quoting her account of the evening of August 4th, 1914 when Britain entered the war, describing the emotional scene with her husband the Prime Minister