Happy New Year!
I'm starting my first reading selection this week with A Short History of World War One by James Stokesbury. Based on some sage advice, I'm using this book as an overview of the entire war, sort of a quick tourist-eyed view before starting to delve into more specific topics. I'll probably read a few more general histories, as well, as time goes on to keep from being buried under details!
More to follow on Stokesbury when I can get through it. My plan remains to read approximately two books per month between now and December 2018.
A copy of the current book list is at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0CQHdL1aq0qeml0S3BjSVRKeGs/edit?usp=sharing
Any suggestions on this project are appreciated!
I'm interested to see how he handles the war thematically--that is, what event(s) does Stokesbury consider to be most important and why?
ReplyDeleteDoes he chose a single causative model for how the war started, or does he discuss/analyze the various "blame" models? Does he marginalize the Eastern Front (many historians still do this)?
Is he a full fledged member of the "mud, blood and poetry" school or does he incorporate some of the more recent analysis (like Prior and Wilson, Strachan, Griffith) regarding how the war was fought?
Some things to consider...