Hoover Institution | What If Frederick William Was Extravagant? #whatif @HooverInstitution | Uploaded 3 weeks ago | Updated 3 hours ago
Shay Khatiri explores a counterfactual with historian Andrew Roberts: What if Frederick William I had been extravagant instead of austere? Could this have prevented his son, Frederick the Great, from annexing Silesia and starting the Seven Years’ War? Could it have altered the course of history?

Listen to the full discussion on the latest Secrets of Statecraft podcast with Andrew Roberts and Shay Khatiri.

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