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Tag Archives: World War I
Book Review: Hero: The Life And Legend Of Lawrence Of Arabia
Hero: The Life And Legend Of Lawrence Of Arabia, by Michael Korda This book, a sprawling effort of about 700 pages, sufficiently demonstrates the difficulty of writing about its subject. There are a variety of reasons for that–the subject remains … Continue reading
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Tagged imperialism, World War I
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Book Review: Seven Pillars Of Wisdom: A Triumph
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom: A Triumph, by T.E. Lawrence This sprawling book of more than 650 pages is evidence simultaneously of the reason why autobiographies cannot be trusted and also why they cannot be rejected out of hand either. As … Continue reading
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Tagged imperialism, memoir, World War I
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Book Review: Lawrence In Arabia
Lawrence In Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, And The Making Of The Modern Middle East, by Scott Anderson It is probably best not to know how the modern Middle East was made. This book focuses on a small set of … Continue reading
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Tagged diplomacy, imperialism, World War I
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Book Review: Potential Influenza Effects On Military Populations
Potential Influenza Effects On Military Populations, by John Bombardt Jr. & Heidi Brown It is striking to think of the relevance of the 1918 Influenza pandemic and our own current situation. Even though it appears at present that both the … Continue reading
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Book Review: World War I: The African Front
World War I: The African Front: An Imperial War On The African Continent, by Edward Paice In a way, this book does not quite live up to its title. To be sure, it is a very good book about World … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, imperialism, Tanzania, World War I
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Book Review: World War I: Opposing Viewpoints
World War I: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by William Dudley I must say that I like the Opposing Viewpoints series as a whole, and have often enjoyed its takes on various subjects of personal interest [1], and this book is no … Continue reading
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Tagged debate, political history, politics, World War I
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Book Review: World War I: The Western Front
World War I: The Western Front, by Nicola Barber It is intriguing to see just how many relatively basic books exist about World War I. In my experience World War I is not generally well known or well-remembered, and yet … Continue reading
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Tagged European History, World War I
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Book Review: World War I: Why They Fought
World War I: Why They Fought, by Rebecca Rissman The excellent Civil War historian James McPherson once wrote an entire book on the question of why soldiers fought in the American Civil War [1]. This book does not have the … Continue reading
Book Review: World War I: A Primary Source History
World War I: A Primary Source History, by Nicholas Saunders For this book’s target audience and purposes, I think it is a fine enough book at introducing the (presumably young reader) to the primary sources that exist about World War … Continue reading
Book Review: The War To End All Wars
The War To End All Wars: World War I, by Russell Freedman Spoiler alert: World War I was not the war to end all wars. As someone who enjoys reading a lot of books relating to military history, there is … Continue reading
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