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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Annika Mombauer – Her Book on von Moltke Refuted

Posted by on Jul 22, 2012 in First World War, most recent | 0 comments Annika Mombauer  – A Critical Review of her book Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War (Cambridge University Press 2001 Terry Boardman (Oct. 2002, revised Feb. 2014)   This detailed critical review of Annika Mombauer’s book Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War (CUP, 2001) was first presented to a small historical research group that met in...
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Harry Patch and the Panther’s Claw

Posted by on Jul 13, 2012 in First World War, nwo | 0 comments © Terry Boardman July 2009 the UK declares the first part of its delicately and ‘democratically’ titled  “Panther’s Claw” operation (the British bit of the US army ‘surge in Afghanistan) to have been a success. The BBC today (27 July) said that the Foreign Secretary “has been setting out Britain’s diplomatic strategy” as if Foreign Secretary...
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Sir Edward Grey, Liberal Imperialism and British Responsibility in 1914 – From the British Empire to the American Empire

Posted by on Jul 7, 2012 in First World War, nwo | 0 comments  ©Terry Boardman This article was first given as a lecture at an anthroposophical conference on modern history in Keene, New York State, August 2001 1. Introduction 2. Layne’s Critique of Preponderance 3. Recapitulation 4. British Imperatives in 1900 5. Two Imperialist Streams 1868-1914 6. Balfour 7. Balfour’s ‘Anglo-Saxon Confederation’ 8. Rosebery 9. Sir Edward...
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