World War I
From the Archives: Walking Hallowed Ground
When this post goes live, I’ll be on my way to Gettysburg for the 2016 Sacred Trust program. Instead of trying to write a new post while my brain is full of Gettysburg, I’d like to share this post from June, 2011, on the question of battlefield visits in general and one special battlefield visit…
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1915: A Year in Review
In 1915, the world was in the second year of the Great War. Over the course of the year, the use of poison gas, submarine warfare, and aerial bombing changed the face of war. Britain and the Ottoman Empire squared off at Gallipoli–a military stalemate with heavy losses on both sides that helped form the…
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The Fall of the Ottomans
Last year I spent a lot of time and virtual ink on books about World War I. When the year came to an end, I had to take a breather. But this one was too good to let pass: Western histories of the First World War often focus on the trench warfare on the Western…
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