Irony and All That
26 September 2019
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William Philpott explores the complex range of soldiers’ representations of the war, which were much more varied than suggested by the hitherto predominant narrative of
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Our youngest son: Eric Heaton
30 November 2015
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George Bailey, ''Our youngest son': Eric Heaton, the Unrecognised Hero of Beaumont Hamel', Summer 2012 Frame-by-frame analysis of the iconic film ‘The Battle of the Continue Reading →
Warfare during the Balkans War
30 November 2015
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Spyros Tsoutsoumpis, 'Morale, Ideology and the Barbarisation of Warfare during the Balkans War', Spring 2013 The Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 prefigured the First World War Continue Reading →
The First World War in History
30 November 2015
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Dan Todman, 'The First World War in History', Spring 2013 This is one of two keynote lectures at the BCMH conference ‘Re-engaging with the First
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Inter-Service Planning against Germany
30 November 2015
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Richard Dunley, 'The Danish Option: The Success and Failure of Inter-Service Planing against Germany, 1907-08', Spring 2013 This case study highlights a fundamental flaw in Continue Reading →
Professionalism in the British Army before 1914
30 November 2015
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Andrew Duncan, 'Professionalism in the British Army before 1914: A Statistical View', Spring 2013 Through statistical analysis of records from the important Journal of the
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A Guide to Researching the French Army in the Great War
30 November 2015
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Tim Gale, ‘A Guide to Researching the French Army in the Great War’, BCMH First World War Research Tool, No. 1 (2014) This research guide
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Forgotten Aspects of the Battle of Messines
30 November 2015
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Richard S. Grayson, 'Ireland’s New Memory of the First World War: Forgotten Aspects of the Battle of Messines, June 1917’, British Journal for Military History,
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Shooting Power
30 November 2015
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Spencer Jones, ‘‘Shooting Power’: A Study of the Effectiveness of Boer and British Rifle Fire, 1899–1914’, British Journal for Military History, Vol. 1, No. 1
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A Once in a Century Opportunity
30 November 2015
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Gary Sheffield, ‘A Once in a Century Opportunity? Some Personal Reflections on the Centenary of the First World War’, British Journal for Military History, Vol.
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