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  • 11 Aug 2014

    Into the Intro: The Great War at Sea

    Submarine warfare was crucial to Allied victory in World War I. In this excerpt from The Great War at Sea, Lawrence Sondhaus unveils the Great War beyond the trenches.

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  • 8 Aug 2014
    A Literary Disclosure
    Rosalind Grooms

    Preserving World War I in Words

    Rosalind Grooms pulls An Outline History of the Great War out of the Press Archive and tells the fascinating story behind it.

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  • 6 Aug 2014

    Recipes from the Homefront

    "Food Will Win the War!" the U.S. Food Administration proclaimed. Instructing the folks at home to cut back on their wheat and meat intake meant more food to fuel the soldiers overseas. But how to make it through those Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays before 1920? Take a stab at these recipes for the experience of WWI at home.

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  • 4 Aug 2014
    Craig Gibson

    Into the Intro: Behind the Front

    If you enjoyed Craig Gibson's post last Monday on researching life in the trenches in WWI, take a look at the introduction to his book, Behind the Front, and get the full story about Major Arthur Murray Jarvis.

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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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