Roads to the Great War
Monday, April 11, 2016

Sheldon, When Are You Going to Connect the Big Bang Theory and the Great War?

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Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Well-Known Theoretical Physicist Eidetic memory, or what is commonly described as photographic, is possessed by f...
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Sunday, April 10, 2016

Recommended: "Into the Trenches: The U.S. Army Artists of WWI"

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The National Museum of the United States Army has put together a remarkable display of their official art from the Great War.  Some pieces...
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Saturday, April 9, 2016

A Verdun Chronology

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 As the centennial of the Battle of Verdun unfolds I thought a chronology would help our readers follow the big anniversaries of t...
Friday, April 8, 2016

A Belgian-American Wartime Friendship Recalled Due to Recent Events

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Contributed by Alexa Gregory Marion Otis Mitchell As we recover from the shock of the terror in Belgium and send our thoughts and p...
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Thursday, April 7, 2016

The Order of the White Feather

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This is a replica of a "certificate" from the so called "Ancient and Disloyal Order of the White Feather." Some ...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

The Centennial at the Grass Roots: California and the Great War in 1916

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I have been supplying some information to the lead state agency in California, the Department of Veterans Affairs, for proposing a Centenn...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

A Higher Form of Killing
reviewed by David F. Beer

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A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in World War I That Forever Changed the Nature of Warfare by Diana Preston Bloomsbury Press, ...
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Monday, April 4, 2016

Verdun's Greatest Hero: Henri-Philippe Pétain

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Henri-Philippe Pétain is most remembered today as the convicted traitor of the Second World War, but he truly endeared himself to the...
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Saturday, April 2, 2016

New Art Exhibit at the National World War I Museum

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IMAGES OF THE GREAT WAR:  The European Offensives, 1914–1916 Just opened and on display until October is this exhibition focusin...
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Friday, April 1, 2016

The Western Front in My Back Yard

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I have been blessed with a hiking location just a few miles from my home in the East Bay area of Northern California, which — for reason...
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Thursday, March 31, 2016

The Great War and the Growth of Government, Part II:
Governments Sponsoring Scientific Research

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According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the current federal spending on R&D is $146 billion, slightly m...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

The Great War and the Growth of Government, Part I:
FOOD: A Great Excuse for Invasive Government

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One of the lasting effects of the Great War is that it showed governments they could invent novel excuses for new intruding into the lives...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914–1918
reviewed by Jane Mattisson Ekstam

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Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914–1918 by Richard Holmes Harper Perennial, 2004 Tommies After a Victory ...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

Daily Mail Official War Photos

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As the Battles of the Somme raged on the Western Front, the Daily Mail newspaper secured the rights to print and publish a long series...
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