On War with Gwynne Dyer
On War with Gwynne Dyer is a seven episode television series done in 1983 under the auspices of the Canadian …
Tag Archives: History
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
After you have read The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross you will never hear concert …
WW I: Germany Impatient with Austro-Hungary Indecision
On July 12, 1914 Ambassador Count Laslo Szögyény reported from Berlin that everyone in the German government wanted to see Austria-Hungary declare …
WW I: War Preparations Grip Austria-Hungary
On July 9, 1914 Austria-Hungary Foreign Minister Leopold Berchtold advised Emperor Franz Joseph that he would present Belgrade, [Serbia] with an ultimatum …
Clouds Above the Hill — Japan’s Good Wars
Shiba Ryōtarō is said to be one of Japan’s favorite authors. Prolific in multiple genres, he’s credited with over 500 …
WW I As Recorded by those Who Were There
The British National Archives has announced that in this 100th year anniversary of the beginning of WW I, (August), that …
Philomena: A Mother’s Ache in Ireland
I wasn’t quite sure I wanted to see Philomena, Stephen Frears latest movie. An hour and a half of suffering, …
Earth: The Tectonics of Violence
Deepa Mehta’s Earth is the second in her film trilogy of women’s lives in India as the country exited from …
Finding George Orwell in Burma, Emma Larkin — A Literary Traveler
When I first came across Emma Larkin’s title, Finding George Orwell in Burma I didn’t know what to make of …
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and Power by Steve Coll
The London Review of Books [8 Nov, 2012] reviews Steve Coll’s new, indispensable volume, Private Empire: ExxonMobile and Power. Coll will be …
Post War: A History of Europe since 1945, Tony Judt
Tony Judt’s magisterial work, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 wasn’t his last before his sadly premature death, but it was …
The Crimean War: Orlando Figes
In 1853 the United States was 8 years away from a civil war. Napoleon had been defeated at Waterloo only …