WW1 German sympathies in high US places?

[sylla]

And it gets bigger...

It seems that is hardly needed.

As usual, we agree in far more than we differ; the same "light" seems to have been seen by both of us from long ago

 

It is Armistice Day and we indeed agree more then differ so I'll rest my case.

May all of us have a nice 11/11 .

 

Happy Armistice Day !

[Crispina]

The Military Channel showed the documentary, "Paris 1919" last night (Friday, 11/13). It told of President Wilson's League of Nations. There was archival footage, and I believe it was mentioned that this meeting of world leaders was the first of its kind to be filmed. There were facts I never knew before. Here is just a small blurb I found about the documentary online:

 

"Based on the book (Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World) by Margaret MacMillan

This documentary tells the story of the Paris Peace conference - an event that remade the world. In the film, we see the world's most powerful men wrestling with the politics of fear and greed in post WWI Europe. "

[caesar novus]

She has study notes for the course she teaches about her book at http://www.recordedbooks.com/courses_pdf/UT015.pdf

It is interesting to do a repeat-find on "conclusion" to pick up sentences that summarize each lecture and give a starting point for pursueing any points in more depth.

[sylla]

She has study notes for the course she teaches about her book at http://www.recordedbooks.com/courses_pdf/UT015.pdf

It is interesting to do a repeat-find on "conclusion" to pick up sentences that summarize each lecture and give a starting point for pursueing any points in more depth.

Usus autem sum, ne in aliquo fallam carissimam mihi familiaritatem tuam, praecipue libris ex bibliotheca Ulpia, aetate mea thermis Diocletianis, et item ex domo Tiberiana, usus etiam [ex] regestis scribarum porticus porphyreticae, actis etiam senatus ac populi. 2 et quoniam me ad colligenda talis viri gesta ephemeris Turduli Gallicani plurimum invit, viri honestissimi ac sincerissimi, beneficium amici senis tacere non debui. 3 Cn. Pompeium, tribus fulgentem triumphis belli piratici, belli Sertoriani, belli Mithridatici multarumque rerum gestarum maiestate sublimem, quis tandem nosset, nisi eum Marcus Tullius et Titus Livius in litteras rettulissent? 4 Publ<i>um Scipionem Afric<an>um, immo Scipiones omnes, seu Lucios seu Nasicas, nonne tenebrae possiderent ac tegerent, nisi commendatores eorum historici nobiles atque ignobiles extitissent? 5 longum est omnia persequi, quae ad exemplum huiusce modi etiam nobis tacentibus usurpanda sunt. 6 illud tantum contestatum volo me et rem scripsisse, quam, si quis voluerit, honestius eloquio celsiore demonstret, et mihi quidem id animi fuit, 6 <ut> non Sallustios, Livios, Tacito<s>, Trogos atque omnes disertissimos imitarer viros in vita principum et temporibus disserendis, sed Marium Maximum, Suetonium Tranquillum, Fabium Marcellinum, Gargilium Martialem, Iulium Capitolinum, Aelium Lampridium ceterosque, qui haec et talia non tam diserte quam vere memoriae tradiderunt. 8 sum enim unus ex curiosis, quod infi[ni]t<i>as ire non possum, ince<n>dentibus vobis, qui, cum multa sciatis, scire multo plura cupitis. 9 et ne diutius ea, quae ad meum consilium pertinent, loquar, magnum et praeclarum principem et qualem historia nostra non novit, arripiam.

Edited January 1, 2010 by sylla

[caesar novus]

She has study notes for the course she teaches about her book at http://www.recordedbooks.com/courses_pdf/UT015.pdf

It is interesting to do a repeat-find on "conclusion" to pick up sentences that summarize each lecture and give a starting point for pursueing any points in more depth.

This seems to be a nice textbook; extensive and complete but a bit superficial and entirely one-sided; the issues involved were far more complex.

This series tends toward polish and away from edgy-ness because it doesn't cater to teens spending their parents or scholarship money, but to discretionary spending of mature adult customers. You can overtype random numbers in the filename to pick up interesting other course notes (like UT050.pdf for WW1 proper, or UT003, UT125, and UT094 for history of Rome).

[caesar novus]

You can overtype random numbers in the filename to pick up interesting other course notes (like UT050.pdf for WW1 proper, or UT003, UT125, and UT094 for history of Rome).

I wouldn't normally prolong topic drift, but here's some hints just in case someone had trouble following up my digressions. If you wanted to peruse other free course notes from Modern Scholar series, or even wanted to buy their lectures, I noticed at least the Safari web browser fails to show these options at the obvious address(!). So point Firefox or something at http://www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fus...st&sub_id=4 for instance, then click the desired course for pdf brief or more (unfortunately firefox seems to save the pdf whether you want to or not).

 

Another option for deep pocketed enthusiasts could be Teaching Company (which doesn't give away course notes, but sometimes free sample lectures) such as http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=8210 for WW1 or http://www.teach12.com/storex/coursesdetai...assical%20World . They gave me priority code 36855 to get 75% discount on anything plus free shipping over next few weeks. But business is bad enough that if you click around enough on their site, you may be able to pay even less than 25% and have another (2fer) title thrown in for free!

 

Well, these may sound silly when so many universities post free podcasts etc for comparable courses. But I posted my miserable experiences with these (full of static, marxism, administrivia) without anyone replying with better site suggestions.