Kaspar Hauser; Erste Weltkrieg; Beziehung England und Deutschland

Posted by on Aug 21, 2014 in auf deutsch, First World War, most recent | 0 comments Terry Boardman, Vortrag: Kaspar Hauser, der Erste Weltkrieg und die Beziehung zwischen England und Deutschland Kaspar-Hauser-Festspiele 2014,   Ansbach, Deutschland  2. August 2014 Guten morgen.  Ich möchte Eckart Böhmer danken, mir die Gelegenheit zu geben nochmal hier bei den Kaspar Hauser Festspielen zu sprechen, zu diesem Thema das nicht nur für unser Verständnis der Vergangenheit so...
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The First World War & the Ukraine Crisis: 1914 – 2014

Posted by on May 10, 2014 in First World War, most recent | 0 comments This article was first published in New View magazine Issue 71  April-June 2014 What is the connection between the world catastrophe that broke out in 1914  and the current crisis in Ukraine, a hundred years later? To attempt to answer this question we can start by considering the relationship between three large cultural groups of people, those in southern, northern and eastern Europe: the...
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Belgian Neutrality & the British Decision for War in 1914

Posted by on May 8, 2014 in First World War, videos | 0 comments   This lecture was given in Brussels on April 28th 2014 at the Europe Brussels Liaison Office www.blbe.be as part of the Beyond the 1914-1918 Centenary series of lectures in Brussels to mark the Centenary of the First World...
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“37 Days” BBC World War 1 drama – A Critique

Posted by on Mar 10, 2014 in First World War, most recent | 0 comments It’s as General Helmuth von Moltke once wote to his wife, nearly 10 years before 1914, that (non verbatim) a whole stream of lies is being put out from England about Germany and its aims. Yesterday I watched the last of the 3 episodes of the BBC drama “37 Days”. It’s essentially set in the Foreign Offices of Britain and Germany between the assassination of Archduke Franz...
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Syriana? Part 2

Posted by on Jan 2, 2014 in east west issues, most recent | 0 comments This article was first published in New View magazine #70 Jan. – Mar. 2014 The first part of this article (in New View #69 Oct-Dec2013) outlined some of the economic and geopolitical aspects to the current war in Syria. Since it was written and published, there have been major developments in the region. Following a vote rejecting military action against Syria by the UK Parliament on 29...
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