From OUP Blog by Jonathon Boff author of Haig’s Enemy: Crown Prince Rupprecht and the Germany’s War on the Western Front: Thanks to the ongoing centenary commemorations, interest in the First World War has never been higher. Whether it… Read More ›
World War One
The strange case of British Colonel Cyril Wilson and the Jihadists
From OUP Blog by Philip Walker the author of Behind the Lawrence Legend: the Forgotten Few who Shaped the Arab Revolt (Oxford University Press, 2018): The aftermath of the Arab Revolt of 1916-18 and the settlement in the Middle East after the… Read More ›
Max Beckmann: The Faces of World War I
From Circulating Now by Ginny A. Roth: Max Beckmann, 1884–1950, was a painter and print-maker, primarily known for his self-portraits. Although Beckmann railed against being tagged as belonging to any art movement, he is most commonly classified as an Expressionist… Read More ›
Book Review: The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History
The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History by Michael S. Neiberg (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017) offers a detailed account of the players, events, and political environment that contributed to the drafting of arguably the most significant document of the… Read More ›
April 1917: the end of American neutrality in WWI
From OUP Blog by Michael S. Neiberg author of The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America: Mary Roberts Rinehart’s journey since 1914 perhaps best represents the mood and the moment of April 1917. She had… Read More ›
“Shock from Loss”: The Reality of Grief in the First World War
From Nursing Clio by Brigdet Keown: On October 24, 1918, fifty-eight-year-old Elizabeth was admitted to the City of London Mental Hospital by her husband.1 He stated that she had been suffering for the past fourteen months with “shock from loss of… Read More ›
Fake News and Election Meddling—1940s style
From History Net: Convention Hall in Philadelphia, a mammoth art deco building on 34th and Spruce often used for prize boxing bouts, simmered in the glare of television lights as Republican delegates gathered there in the fourth week of June… Read More ›
Why did the Gallipoli Landings fail in WWI?
The Gallipoli campaign was an amphibious landing in the Dardanelles Strait in modern Turkey, that sought to knock the Ottoman Empire out of WW I. The landings were exceptionally daring for the time, but they failed to achieve their objectives…. Read More ›
10 World War I battles that killed Christianity
From Real Clear History by Brandon Christensen: World War I is responsible for destroying Christianity as a moral order. Christianity survives today, of course, and even thrives in parts of the world, but it does so in the West as… Read More ›
