The First World War

Historian of WWI, WWII, & 20th Cent. Europe. Tweets primarily on WWI, but also WWII, empire, 20th cent history, and pedagogy. @UCBerkeley PhD

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Also, I'm sure this has been well-tweeted by now, but really enjoying the new Br Jrnl for Military History: http://t.co/R39ev3U1lS Well-done

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First is H-Net's WWI Crossroads: https://t.co/ySnb5CRXxv An easy way to track WWI-related conversations and projects from H-net

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I rarely have time to be engaged with Twitter these days, but wanted to share two (relatively) recent WWI-related projects I'm enjoying...

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Lesson to young historians: always look beyond the archive catalogs! You never know what's been misfiled into random boxes or folders.

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In which a philosopher exhibits better archival diligence than historians to help reshape the debate around Eichmann: http://t.co/RMOJwB5A2x

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Link to the aforementioned exhibition: http://t.co/6ZxX7CGQNs. Can think of quite a few WWI-related pieces that would dovetail nicely

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An intg read from yesterday's @nytimes: a war correspondent reviews an art exhibition on war. http://t.co/RitrjMCnOZ

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@jwfgeneva Sorry for belated answer: WWI POWs not my area of expertise. Happy to put out a request to my followers if still need info

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@LittleBrownUK Sure, will follow so you can DM details.

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Really enjoyed reading some of the recently digitized Siegfried Sassoon diaries today. Well-done project. http://t.co/Jfq4FhZkww

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And yes, the report was obviously made up, although it did work its way to London as example of the global war effort against Germany

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Don't know why the official didn't just work in a "little Belgium" reference in there as well...

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Forgot exact wording of how official said they enlisted, but something absurd like "We want to defeat the Kaiser and save civilization."

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Related to @RichardEvans36 bit in the Guardian, I once read a Col. Office rpt of indigenous S. Americans emerging from the jungle to enlist

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My attempt to counter the dismaying parochialism of UK WWI commemorations:http://t.co/PwBG0tTk3r

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Lastly, staff friendly & very solid selection of WWI books in the gift shop. In sum, if you like BBQ, Art Deco, and WWI history, visit KC.

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2 bizarre things, though: didn't see Kitchener poster (may have missed it) & quote from a Ger soldier legitimizing 1914 francs-tireurs myth

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Some neat interactive exhibits too--liked both the "audio" booths of oral history and the kids "design your own propaganda poster" bit.

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Museum was, in good faith, trying to cover all dominant themes. But stronger on US dimension to WWI (and limited by phys. space, I suspect)

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It appears I rarely get time to tweet these days. Was at the Natl WWI Museum in KC a few weeks ago--some good exhibits, some less good.