World Civ-World War One Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:50:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Britain Should Not Have Fought in the First World War https://daniellazar.com/2017/11/25/britain-should-not-have-fought-in-the-first-world-war/ Sat, 25 Nov 2017 10:50:34 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5784 The post Britain Should Not Have Fought in the First World War appeared first on Daniel Aaron Lazar.

]]> WWI and America's Rise as a Superpower https://daniellazar.com/2014/07/29/wwi-and-americas-rise-as-a-superpower/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:47:28 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5047 America’s rise to superpower status began with its 1917 entry into World War I. President Woodrow Wilson had grand visions for the peace that followed, but failed. The battle he started in the US between idealists and realists continues to this day. Der Spiegel explores WWI and America’s Rise as a Superpower

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]]> Was World War I the outcome of elite machinations? https://daniellazar.com/2014/07/29/was-world-war-i-the-outcome-of-elite-machinations/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:45:47 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5044 What caused Europe to immolate itself? World War I, after all, was neither an avalanche nor a tempest but a ghastly man-made disaster. The question of responsibility has preoccupied Europe, and its historians, since the war began, and the identification of culprits has also varied over time, running the gamut from German militarism to reckless … Continue reading Was World War I the outcome of elite machinations? →

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]]> The first world war: Look back with angst https://daniellazar.com/2014/07/25/the-first-world-war-look-back-with-angst/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:32:35 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5035 A century on, there are uncomfortable parallels with the era that led to the outbreak of the first world war… Yet the parallels remain troubling. The United States is Britain, the superpower on the wane, unable to guarantee global security. Its main trading partner, China, plays the part of Germany, a new economic power bristling … Continue reading The first world war: Look back with angst →

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]]> The Disturbing Relevance of WWI https://daniellazar.com/2014/07/25/the-disturbing-relevance-of-wwi/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:25:10 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5028 It has now been 100 years since the outbreak of World War I, but the European catastrophe remains relevant today. As the Continent looks back this year, old wounds could once again be rubbed raw. Reading Response Questions

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]]> 10 interpretations of who started WWI https://daniellazar.com/2014/07/25/10-interpretations-of-who-started-wwi-2/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:46:20 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5001 This BBC post offers 10 insights from 10 reputable historians into the causes of WWI.

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]]> During World War I, Germany Unleashed 'Terrorist Cell In America' https://daniellazar.com/2014/05/30/during-world-war-i-germany-unleashed-terrorist-cell-in-america/ Fri, 30 May 2014 08:46:51 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4964 In the early years of World War I, as many as 1,000 American horses per day were shipped off to Europe to assist in the Allied war effort, even though the United States was officially neutral. Those horses became the target of germ warfare, infected with anthrax cultures on American soil; at the same time, … Continue reading During World War I, Germany Unleashed 'Terrorist Cell In America' →

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]]> 10 interpretations of who started WWI https://daniellazar.com/2014/03/16/10-interpretations-of-who-started-wwi/ Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:56:06 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4884 As nations gear up to mark 100 years since the start of World War One, academic argument still rages over which country was to blame for the conflict. Here 10 leading historians give their opinion

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]]> From The Trenches To The Web: British WWI Diaries Digitized https://daniellazar.com/2014/02/06/from-the-trenches-to-the-web-british-wwi-diaries-digitized/ Thu, 06 Feb 2014 06:27:16 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4859 Most of this trove consists of official diaries, recording the day-to-day activities of British army units in the first world war. The scale of death is huge. Nearly a million British soldiers died in the war, half of them on the Western front in France and Belgium.

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]]> The Disturbing Relevance of World War I https://daniellazar.com/2014/01/20/the-disturbing-relevance-of-world-war-i/ Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:29:01 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4820 It has now been 100 years since the outbreak of World War I, but the European catastrophe remains relevant today. As the Continent looks back this year, old wounds could once again be rubbed raw. (from Der Speigel) PDF Version of the article Reading resposne questions

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