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Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Week three, historiography of the First World War

Here is the video of a lecture by Christopher Clarke, renowned historian and author of "Sleepwalkers". This lecture is about the very beginning of the war, and it will allow you to reflect on what kind of history Clarke is writing, what his priorities are, and his skills at making history interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6snYQFcyiyg 


You will find here my own chapter five, which deals with one particular historical project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koKFTKPcT5E&


Chapter six, which begins tracing some of the historiography of military history, the first of three fields I wish to cover, is here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsXbUhNaaUE




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