The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham, is the annual John Terraine Lecture: Professor Gary Sheffield (University of Birmingham) ‘Douglas Haig, John Terraine, and the History of the First World War’ The event will be on 1 May 2012. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in [...]
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The John Terraine Lecture at the University of Birmingham
Posted in Events, First World War, Military History, War Studies, tagged British Army, Command, Field Marshal Earl Haig, First World War, Gary Sheffield, Historiography, John Terraine, Leadership, University of Birmingham on March 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Book Review – War Studies Reader
Posted in Book Review, War Studies, tagged Book Review, Gary Sheffield, Historiography, King's College London, Military History, University of Birmingham, University of Wolverhampton, War Studies on August 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
[Cross-posted at Thoughts on Military History] War Studies Reader: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond edited by Gary Sheffield. London: Continuum, 2010. Tables. Notes. pp. 257 When I began my undergraduate degree in War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton back in 2001 it was a small subject that was only [...]
Influential Historians of War
Posted in Historiography, War Studies, tagged Historiography, Military History, War Studies, Wars and Conflicts on June 15, 2010 | 22 Comments »
[Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] For a project at uni I have been set an interesting academic task. I have got to come up with a list of influential historians who have been critical to the development of the field. In the end I need a list of about 20 but at the [...]
History and the Information Revolution
Posted in Research, War Studies, tagged Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, Historical Method, Historiography, New Media/Web 2.0, Stephen Fry, Twitter on June 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Well I did it today. My name sits alongside those of other such eminent individuals as Jimmy Carr, David Lloyd, Stephen Fry and the War Cabinet c.1940. I am, of course, referring to Twitter. Coasting along on one of those lovely Virgin trains thinking of some witty or profound statement to kick-start my twittering life [...]
Axioms make Idioms of us All
Posted in War Studies, tagged Cold War, Historiography, Iraq, War Studies, Warfare and Conflict on March 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I can’t think of two more misleading axioms to the common understanding of history than: the past is told by those who win and history repeats itself . Like all axioms/adages/proverbs (whatever you wish to call them) they’re rooted in reality, the problem is this reality is interpreted on a narrow, perhaps even archaic, view [...]
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