... 11/11/1918, the end of the Great War - WWI needs to be remembered, in itself. That war seems to have a special place in the disasters ... idea of what human beings are was different - how we represented ourselves was different. And the end of the war - euphoric as it may have been on November 11, 1918 - didn't ... closer to the deep pessimism of World War One films... I'm rambling a bit. I' ...

Mark Levitch. Panthéon de la Guerre: Reconfiguring a Panorama of the Great War. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006. 224 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8262-1678-6. Reviewed by Martha Hanna Published on H-War (July, 2009) Commissioned by Janet G. Valentine A Pantheon Co-opted In Panthéon de la Guerre Mark Levitch tells a fascinating tale of artistic vision, cultural politics,

... . He needs to overhaul the nation's economy. He is being pressured to escalate the Afghanistan War while the streets of Iraq still burn. His choice is as clear as President Johnson's was. The results if he chooses war will be the same. We never got to know what the Great Society would have become if Johnson had said 'No' to war. Maybe this time we ...

... Month in 1918. This became known as Armistice Day, and later as Veteran’s Day. For many, especially Americans, World War I has been practically forgotten as it is overshadowed by WWII in history classes, but WWI had a great impact on the 20th century and that impact lingers to this day. The nation of Iraq was created in the ...

... Sarah's new book has become the battle standard for both sides in the GOP civil war that continues to rage on. Palin's supporters say the book reveals how uncommitted and ideologically ... appeared. Isn't it lovely that Sarah Palin has a nice husband and kids and she has a great job too? Women have been patted on the head like that for years. It does not express more profound respect. ...

... by F J Mortimers “While the Woman’s Land Army was deeply rooted in the great political and social movements of its day–suffrage, urban and rural reform, women’s ... pushed into new, uncharted territory and ventured into areas considered off-limits. More than any other women’s war work group of the time, the Land Army took pleasure in breaking the rules. It challenged ...

It’s bad when you wake up to this after a night out… When the News 3 Team is on your ass you’re in Deep Dutch, my friend. The Ongoing Jon War Machine Koppenhaver Drama Via Twitter : WarMachineXXX: WM lives...=) - WarMachineXXX: WM lives...=)WarMachineXXX: @isismonroe Kinda hard to be invited when I don't even KNOW! lol - WarMachineXXX: @isismonroe Kinda hard to be invited ...

... contradictions” or fell apart by accident, as the result of a tragically accidental war, is actually hard to say. There are good arguments for both of these ideas. And that takes us ts back to ... Dreadnought, which are nominally about the build-up to and prosecution of the naval part of the Great War, but which contain extensive and fascinating analyses of the general background of the war. ...

... is a great blog post up at Samurai Dave about the end of the Great War. It has been 90 years since the end of that war, which was supposed to end all wars. The war that ... didn't end until 1945, and even then, you have to be really optimistic to think that the problems that sparked the original war in 1911 were without consequences that last to this day. Two summers ago, I had the chance to ...

... war. For the nature of conflict at the front brought on a particular fatalism, perhaps unique to this War. The soldiers who went abroad to serve fully expected to fight, and most ... home, light enough not to blight their lives but harsh enough to preclude any further participation in the war. None of the men that I have met in the past or during the research for this book ever expected to be taken ...

After over four years of war, in the Autumn of 1918 the forces of the Central powers began a slow retreat from the Western Front following a series ... engaged in strong rearguard actions and the occasional counter-attack. Nevertheless, the situation looked hopeless for the Germans as their allies in the other theatres of the Great War. As winter approached the German high command were faced with ...

On this day, ninety-one years ago, the guns that raged over the battlefields of Europe for more than four years fell silent. Never before had slaughter on such an industrial scale been conceived of, and never again would the lives of those who survived be the same again. Environmental Graffiti has... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted ...

...with the Krazy Christianists attacking this ad... By accusing it of promoting WITCHCRAFT Did you notice it? Gap compares Christmas to the pagan holiday called "Solstice." Solstice is celebrated by Wiccans who practice witchcraft! Which makes me feel like saying do what ever you wannukah eh? But if you can't wiccer or liccer yourselves. Why don't you go pray for a Wii? ...

(November 11, 2009 03:21 PM, by Arnold Kling) John Quiggin writes, The names of Asquith, Bethmann-Hollweg, Berchtold and Poincare are barely remembered, yet on any reasonable accounting they belong among the great criminals of history. Not only did they create the conditions for war, and rush (eagerly in...

... 1930. "All Quiet on the Western Front." Another Great War Movie, also about WWI. The incomparable Stanley Kubrick' ... ;Catch-22." About WWII, but really about Vietnam. (Recognize some Great Actors, as youngsters?) Stanley Kubrick's end-of-the-world Nightmare Comedy about Nuclear War. (Which we don't discuss any more, but it's more likely now than ever). "Dr. ...