https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6 This Padelt will be a compilation of media produced since the end of the First World War and how public perception of the war has evolved between the 20th and 21st centuries. en-us 2022-10-12 20:42:13 UTC 2022-10-12 22:15:50 UTC hello@padlet.com smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337681925 "Im Westen nichts Neues" or "'In the West Nothing New" was the first novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The novel is critical of the war and was widely read not only in Weimar Germany but the whole world. This book would go on to be adapted into the American film "All Quiet on the Western Front" in 1930. The book is one of the first pieces of World War One media to criticize the government, media, and larger attitude of European nations for glorifying warfare.]]> 2022-10-12 21:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337681925 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337689364 "The Donkeys" was a book written by Alan Clark around the 50th anniversary of the First World War. This book is famous for the phrase "Lions led by Donkeys" implying that the average soldier knew better than their commanding officers. Clark's book places the blame for the needless brutality of trench warfare squarely on the shoulders of the officers of the involved nations. This book is no longer seen as credible within the contemporary study of the conflict as major portions of Clark's argument as unsubstantiated with valid evidence. ]]> 2022-10-12 21:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337689364 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337694697 The Waste Land was written by T.S Eliot shortly after the wars end in 1922. Eilot is considered to be one of the great modernist poets for works such as this one. The Waste Land combines traditional literary elements with abstract imagery to convey the feeling of emptiness felt by returning veterans.]]> 2022-10-12 21:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337694697 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337699112 Simon Heffer's article comes from the 100th anniversary of the war in 2014. His article anaylzes the historiography of World War One and how as the last of the veterans have passed away the research has shifted from living accounts to documented sources.]]> 2022-10-12 21:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337699112 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337706890 This article by Liva Gershon was published in 2017, on the 100th anniversary of the U.S entering World War One. Greshon compares public sentiment of World War One to contemporary U.S affairs.]]> 2022-10-12 21:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337706890 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337711600 This article from the Duke University press by Hanna and Horne anaylzes the relationship between France and Germany in the years since the war.]]> 2022-10-12 21:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337711600 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337716347 This article from Cambridge University is an overview of a book by Dominic Lieven titiled Towards the Flame. Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia. This book dicussses the relationship between Russia and the various ethnic groups  of the Austro Hungarian Empire. ]]> 2022-10-12 21:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337716347 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337720805 This by Jeremi Suri from the TEXAS LBJ article focuses on the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In particular, it looks at how it affected cultural centers in Europe like Vienna.]]> 2022-10-12 21:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337720805 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337723820 This essay by Yassamine Mather comes on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. This essay diccusses the impact of the Fall of the Ottoman Empire and how its legacy continues to shape Turkey's relationship with the West and and Arab World.]]> 2022-10-12 21:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337723820 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337726856 This is the 1930 film based on the German novel "In the West, Nothing New". ]]> 2022-10-12 22:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337726856 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337728533 This video explains the legacy of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand]]> 2022-10-12 22:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337728533 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337729871 This video is a commentary on the impact of the 1914 Christmas Truce of World War One.]]> 2022-10-12 22:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337729871 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337731327 This is the final resting place of the liner RMS Lusitania. The perception of the ship has changed overtime, for example, we now know the ship was carrying war material. How does this change the narrative of World War One?]]> 2022-10-12 22:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337731327 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337733089 This is a painting of a troop ship painted in "Dazzle Camoflauge in World War One. This pattern broke up the outline of a ship from far away, making it harder for a submarine to target. How did this go on to later influcence art in the 20th century?]]> 2022-10-12 22:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337733089 smithch31 https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337735316 This is a live performance of the song One by Metallica. This song was inspired by the 1939 novel "Johhny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo.]]> 2022-10-12 22:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/smithch31/sdpf97etineb53u6/wish/2337735316