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  • 1 Aug 2014

    War Short of War

    The author of The United States, Italy and the Origins of Cold War: Waging Political Warfare discusses how the case of Italy in the early years of the cold war helped set the stage for over half a century of U.S. interventions abroad.

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  • 31 Jul 2014
    Tyler Lange

    Genre and Periodization in the History of European Political Thought

    Tyler Lange, the author of The First French Reformation, traces European political thought through the 15th to 17th centuries in search of continuity.

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  • 30 Jul 2014

    One Hundred Years Since the War

    In this excerpt from his new book July Crisis, T.G. Otte reflects on the year 1914 as the beginning of the greatest war in world history. The events in Europe that July catapulted nations around the globe into a years-long conflict that continues to define national identity, international relations, and global culture.

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  • 28 Jul 2014
    Craig Gibson

    The Western Front Revisited

    Craig Gibson, the author of Behind the Front, describes the arduous process of historical research and takes us inside an unexpected breakthrough.

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  • 23 Jul 2014

    Notes from the Battlefield

    The Great War left behind a legacy of pain, suffering, and anger. The writers who captured it tell a heartbreaking story of a generation lost to war.

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  • 21 Jul 2014

    Into the Intro: The Outbreak of the First World War

    July 1914 was an explosive time, as Europe teetered on the brink of war. The Outbreak of the First World War explores that volatile period, and how it has captured the imaginations of scholars across disciplines, around the world, and through the century.

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  • 16 Jul 2014
    Paul Sheehan

    Poetry vs. Pity

    This week, we delve further into the cultural impact of author of the Great War as Paul Sheehan, Modernism and the Aesthetics of Violence, examines pity and pathos in World War I poetry.

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  • 9 Jul 2014
    Ann-Marie Einhaus

    Short Stories and the First World War

    For the next few weeks, we'll be examining the cultural impact of the Great War, particularly its influence on 20th century literature. Ann-Marie Einhaus, author of The Short Story and the First World War, offers a guide to some excellent war stories from and about World War I.

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