On Friday, Slate policy wonk Matthew Yglesias decided to dive into World War I history, a topic far removed his commentary on politics and business. When reading Yglesias’s blog, I generally find myself in disagreement with his arguments but I find his analysis and commentary refreshing. His work forces me to rethink my own understandings andContinue reading “What Matt Yglesias Gets Right and Wrong About Germany and the First World War”
Category Archives: First World War
Civil-Military Relations and the Cult of the Offensive in the First World War
David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer at out the outbreak of the First World War and later Prime Minister of Great Britain, famously wrote that World War I was not the responsibility of any particular nation but rather the fault of all European nations – “[t]he nations slithered over the brink into the boilingContinue reading “Civil-Military Relations and the Cult of the Offensive in the First World War”
Peter Gatrell – Russia’s First World War
Peter Gatrell’s book Russia’s First World War explores the social and economic developments that occurred in Russia during the First World War. This short overview of the war and its affects within Russia is a synthesis that combines the existing research along with selected archival documents. In examining the economic and social aspects of Russia,Continue reading “Peter Gatrell – Russia’s First World War”
Douglas I. Bell 