Military History
100 Years Later: The Christmas Truce of 1914
I’ve run this post before, but I don’t think there is any historical Christmas story more appropriate to tell this year. A hundred years ago, men on the Western Front stopped fighting and celebrated the holiday together. For most of us, the most vivid images of World War I are the trenches on the Western…
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Stalingrad
The Pritzker Military Library offers a smaller event alongside its On War symposium: a chance for a limited number of people to meet with the winner of the year’s lifetime achievement award to discuss one of his books. Last year I wasn’t bright enough to sign up. This year I didn’t hesitate. The chance to…
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On War, the Symposium– Year 2
Last week My Own True Love and I attended the Pritzker Military Library’s second annual On War Military History Symposium. Last year’s symposium blew me away. Perhaps I’m a little jaded since I’ve spent a lot of the last year reading, writing, and thinking about World Wars I and II, but this year wasn’t quite…
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