{"id":7208,"date":"2014-03-03T08:38:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T13:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/?p=7208"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:05:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:05:13","slug":"new-titles-on-the-first-world-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2014\/03\/03\/new-titles-on-the-first-world-war\/","title":{"rendered":"New Titles on the First World War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color: #1f497d\">New sources and interpretations shed a brighter light on one of the most devastating conflicts in history as publications are released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War. Three of note that have hit the library\u2019s shelves include; <i>The Sleepwalkers<\/i> by Christopher Clark (Circ. D511 .C54 2013), <i>Catastrophe 1914<\/i> by Max Hastings (Circ. D511 .H37 2013), and <i>July 1914<\/i> by Sean McMeekin (Circ. D511 .M33 2013). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color: #1f497d\">There is the excellent introduction to the war by Barbara Tuchman in her Pulitzer Prize winning classic <i>The Guns of August<\/i> (Circ. D530 .T8). Her description of Edward VII\u2019s funeral is this blogger\u2019s favorite narrative.\u00a0 Many of the leaders who were related to Edward gathered on this ominous day.\u00a0\u00a0 Another great chapter comes from Adam Hothschild\u2019s <i>To End All Wars<\/i> (Circ. D546 .H63 2011). The author looks at the relationship between Field Marshall John French and his sister Charlotte Despard, a leading British suffragette and anti-war activist. Both lived in completely opposite worlds, yet maintained a relationship throughout the duration of the devastation. And last but not least is Niall Ferguson\u2019s <i>The Pity of War<\/i> (Circ. D511 .F28 1999).\u00a0 Chapter one of this controversial work examines popular literature\u2019s treatment of the tensions leading up to the firing of the first bullets. Dr. Sean Brennan, from the History department, claims that, \u201cIt is one of the best historical books written in the last twenty years.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color: #1f497d\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #1f497d\">Dr. Brennan, along with David Wenzel, will be starting their Schemel Forum, World War I: The Watershed Event of the Twentieth Century, tonight at the Pearn Auditorium in Brennan Hall.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New sources and interpretations shed a brighter light on one of the most devastating conflicts in history as publications are released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War. 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