I get the impression that I would eviscerate this book and perhaps the author as well
Larry Send a noteboard - 12/12/2012 12:27:42 AM
Having had several classes that were either directly focused on WWI or had it as a central element, your summation of that book makes me suspect that the author might be closer to a fucking idiot or a conspiracy theorist-leaning type of writer (same thing, pretty much) than anything approaching a credible historian.
On a tangential note, have you ever read Modris Eksteins' Rites of Spring? One of these days I'm going to re-read it and Paul Fussell's books and write reviews of them. 15-17 years ago, I had to discuss them in seminars, but I think it'd be interesting to revisit them 15 years after finishing grad school to see if my opinions have changed much.
On a tangential note, have you ever read Modris Eksteins' Rites of Spring? One of these days I'm going to re-read it and Paul Fussell's books and write reviews of them. 15-17 years ago, I had to discuss them in seminars, but I think it'd be interesting to revisit them 15 years after finishing grad school to see if my opinions have changed much.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
The Lost History of 1914 by Jack Beatty
- 11/12/2012 07:28:05 PM
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Hm. Sounds like I should pass on that one, alright.
- 11/12/2012 10:45:03 PM
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I thought about what a German victory would have meant.
- 12/12/2012 03:37:38 AM
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I think it would have been interesting to see how the "peace emperor" would have reigned
- 12/12/2012 11:39:58 AM
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I get the impression that I would eviscerate this book and perhaps the author as well
- 12/12/2012 12:27:42 AM
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