the author, nyberg, the author of dance with the furies, world war i. and the national security affairs at the marine core staff college. and katrina, a lectorrer in the united kingdom. michael nyberg, since we're commemorating the beginning of the world war, rather than it's end, did anybody contemplate the possibility for introduction that was emerging in the summer of 1914? >> i don't think so. i think if you could having fast forwarded it to show the leaders of the world they were creating, i don't think that any of them would make the decision to go to wash. they had in enter minds a shorter conflict, hopefully something to be resolved in months, and not putting them in a conflict. the introduction of the four major monarchies in europe. >> professor, were they fighting a 19th century war with 20th century tools? >> . >> well, it may have started out that way, because there had not been a major war in europe for almost a century. you had some individual affairs like the franco prussian war dragged on a bit. but it was over quickly. the crimine war

joining us for that conversation, michael nyberg, profession of history at the u.s.history of war college and author of "dance of the furies." richard denard o, and can trina, senior lecturer of history in the united kingdom. >> let's talk about how it begun. did anybody contemplate the possibility of destruction that was emerging in the summer of 1914? >> i don't think so. i think if you could have fast forwarded four or five years and shown the leaders of 1914, the war they were creating, i don't think any of them would have made the decision to go to war. the war they had in their minds was shorter conflict that could be resolved in a matter of months, and hopefully put theyer theitheir country in a better situation. the destruction of the monarchs, and the end of the similar that hathat--the end of the system that had been seen for centuries, no one saw that. >> they started with weapons and ended with 21st century tools. >> the prussian war was over quickly. the no one had imagined the kind of scale in which it would be fought. and so very quickly everyone reali