Category Archives: War, Culture, and Society

Interview with Hervé Drévillon

Posted on December 5, 2012 by briansandberg

Historian Hervé Drévillon has launched a new Institut des Études sur la Guerre et la Paix (Institute for the Study of War and Peace) at Université de Paris I. Research centers and institutes at major universities are engines for original research … Continue reading →

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Reenactment of Austerlitz

Posted on December 4, 2012 by briansandberg

Austerlitz has been fought once again. The anniversary of the battle of Austerlitz was 2 December and historical reenactors once again took to the battlefield to commemorate one of the most celebrated victories of Napoleon. Emperor Napoleon’s Grand Armée fought … Continue reading →

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Napoleon’s Letter on Destroying the Kremlin in 1812

Posted on December 3, 2012 by briansandberg

During Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812, the French emperor came to the realization that he would have to abandon Moscow and order the retreat of his Grand Armée. In a coded letter to his foreign minister, he announced that … Continue reading →

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Piazza Fontana and Romanzo di una Strage

Posted on December 2, 2012 by briansandberg

Major historical events often have to wait for years to receive serious treatment in historical film, especially in the case of controversial episodes that produce sharply opposing narratives of those events. For the first time, the bombing in Piazza Fontana … Continue reading →

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The Cultural History of Warfare

Posted on November 18, 2012 by briansandberg

“The cultural history of war, then, is here to stay.”  So concluded Rob Citino in an impressive historiographical essay, which can be considered the first major article of military history to be published in a generation by the American Historical … Continue reading →

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The Civil War in America

Posted on November 11, 2012 by briansandberg

The Library of Congress has organized a new exhibition on “The Civil War in America,” which includes diaries and other writings by participants in and observers of the American Civil War of 1861-1865. One of the objects featured in the … Continue reading →

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Armistice Day in France

Posted on November 11, 2012 by briansandberg

This past Sunday was Armistice Day, marking the end of the First World War in 1918. France celebrates 11 November each year with a series of ceremonies commemorating the dead of La Grande Guerre, as the First World War is … Continue reading →

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Tom Ricks on Firing Generals

Posted on November 4, 2012 by briansandberg

Tom Ricks has a new book out on American military leadership, entitled, The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today. NPR has done an interview with Ricks on his book, and particularly on the issue of when … Continue reading →

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NIU History Student wins Lincoln Laureate Award

Posted on November 4, 2012 by briansandberg

NIU History student Wayne Duerkes has won a Lincoln Laureate Award, a major undergraduate award given in the State of Illinois. Lincoln Laureate Awards are given to one senior from each of the public and private universities in the State … Continue reading →

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SMH Group Blog

Posted on October 31, 2012 by briansandberg

The Society for Military History has a new group blog, the SMH Blog, which will offer posts and discussions of all aspects of the history of war and society. I am thrilled to be participating in the SMH blog as … Continue reading →

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