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On War with Gwynne Dyer

6/5/2017

On War with Gwynne Dyer is a seven episode television series done in 1983 under the auspices of the Canadian …

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The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

11/21/2015

After you have read The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross you will never hear concert …

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WW I: Germany Impatient with Austro-Hungary Indecision

7/12/2014

On July 12, 1914 Ambassador Count Laslo Szögyény reported from Berlin that everyone in the German government wanted to see Austria-Hungary declare …

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WW I: War Preparations Grip Austria-Hungary

7/9/2014

On July 9, 1914 Austria-Hungary Foreign Minister Leopold  Berchtold advised Emperor Franz Joseph that he would present Belgrade, [Serbia] with an ultimatum …

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Clouds Above the Hill — Japan’s Good Wars

3/27/2014

Shiba Ryōtarō is said to be one of Japan’s favorite authors. Prolific in multiple genres, he’s credited with over 500 …

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WW I As Recorded by those Who Were There

1/15/2014

The British National Archives has announced that in this 100th year anniversary of the beginning of WW I, (August), that …

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Philomena: A Mother’s Ache in Ireland

12/3/2013

I wasn’t quite sure I wanted to see Philomena, Stephen Frears latest movie.  An hour and a half of suffering, …

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Earth: The Tectonics of Violence

10/25/2013

Deepa Mehta’s Earth is the second in her film trilogy of women’s lives in India as the country exited from …

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Finding George Orwell in Burma, Emma Larkin — A Literary Traveler

12/27/2012

When I first came across Emma Larkin’s title, Finding George Orwell in Burma I didn’t know what to make of …

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Private Empire: ExxonMobil and Power by Steve Coll

11/15/2012

The London Review of Books  [8 Nov, 2012] reviews Steve Coll’s new, indispensable volume, Private Empire: ExxonMobile and Power.  Coll will be …

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Post War: A History of Europe since 1945, Tony Judt

8/4/2012

Tony Judt’s magisterial work, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 wasn’t his last before his sadly premature death, but it was …

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The Crimean War: Orlando Figes

5/3/2012

In 1853 the United States was 8 years away from a civil war.  Napoleon had been defeated at Waterloo only …

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