What I Saw in Berlin and Other European Capitals During Wartime

A seasoned war correspondent takes listeners on a five‑month tour of Europe’s great capitals at the height of the Great War. Rather than trench reports, he measures the conflict through the everyday pulse of cities—café chatter, newspaper stalls, and the subtle changes in street life. His notebook, smudged with blue‑pencil routes, maps fifteen thousand miles of observation, offering a doctor’s impartial diagnosis of each urban “thermometer.”

He visits London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna, Brussels, Rome, Athens and Constantinople, noting how optimism, sacrifice, astonishment and cautious compromise color each skyline. In the smoky rooms of Café Royal or beneath the deer heads of Berlin’s Bauer, locals reveal their hopes and fears over a glass of whisky, beer or coffee, turning political sentiment into vivid, personal stories. Listeners will hear a rich tableau of wartime Europe, where even neutral capitals feel the strain yet retain their own distinctive voice.