Good addition to course on WWI, All Quiet on the Western Front.
k lieneke's List: History
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Aug 06, 09
Is war inevitable?
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OPTIMISTS called the first world war "the war to end all wars". Philosopher George Santayana demurred. In its aftermath he declared: "Only the dead have seen the end of war". History has proved him right, of course. What's more, today virtually nobody believes that humankind will ever transcend the violence and bloodshed of warfare. I know this because for years I have conducted numerous surveys asking people if they think war is inevitable. Whether male or female, liberal or conservative, old or young, most people believe it is
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"5 o'clock news" view of human nature.
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Oct 25, 09
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War.
Themes of war, relevance -
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