[Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] This originally started out as a reply to James Daly’s post ‘Why we write?’, however, as it grew in length I decided to post it here. Of course I have taken issue with one aspect of James’ post, however, it is an important issue that I think we, [...]
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The Problems of Writing Academic History
Posted in Academia, Blogging, Public History, Publishing, tagged Academic Engagement, Academic History, Military History, Public History, Publishing, Research Excellence Framework, Writing on March 5, 2012 | 5 Comments »
The War You Don’t See
Posted in First World War, Military History, Public History, Second World War, War on Terror, tagged Iraq, ITV, John Pilger, Julian Assange, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), War on Terror, Wikileaks, World War I on December 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday ITV aired the iconoclastic journalist John Pilger‘s documentary titled ‘The War You Don’t See’. Over 90 minutes he set about revealing the Machiavellian ‘truth’ behind the headlines and strongly criticised the media for kow-towing to the propagandist line fed to them by the government and military. The result was not only a gross misapplication [...]
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