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Dr. Nicholas Murray, historian and author of The Rocky Road to the Great War: The Evolution of Trench Warfare to 1914, discusses the evolution of defensive and offensive tactics and armaments in the lead up to the Great War, including the experience of armies in wars during the decades leading up to World War I and how this experience shaped tactical thinking at the start of the war. Presented at the World War I Historical Association Symposium, "The Coming of the Great War," November 8-9, 2013. Recorded November 8, 2013 in J.C. Nichols Auditorium at the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. For more information about the National WWI Museum and Memorial visit http://theworldwar.org