In the background of Rajiv Joseph’s engaging if flawed play Archduke, first performed (and since rewritten) in 2017, is the ...

Rajiv Joseph’s farcical play follows the nationalists who carried out the assassination that ignited World War I.

Veteran Affairs Canada, Submitted The nations of Europe were at war soon after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ...

Whether an assassin wants to silence someone over mysterious secrets, act for a cause, or eliminate a rival, the concept […] ...

Even in cases like Luigi Mangione’s, the intentions of assassins are dwarfed by the meanings we project onto them.

A hundred years ago Saturday, Gavrilo Princip shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. That event triggered World War I, charting the course for the 20th century. Today, the legacy of the Bosnian ...

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was only the trigger — the real causes ran deeper. Austria-Hungary saw a chance to destroy Serbia; Serbia saw a chance to prove its strength. This episode ...

Following the assassination of the Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo and the failure of negotiations with the Serbs, the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not hesitate to declare war on Serb ...