Collectivized cultural of the wilfred owenization of the First World War. It looks at the impact through the lens of doomed youth. Doomed youth, lost generation, what ever grim moniker we want to use. This is another one of those problematic lenses that i believe we should remove from our world war i glasses. In other words, we need a new prescription for the wars memory. We are going to be more aggressive we should cut out the cataract off disillusionment and with clear eyes view the war generation. Our case study this afternoon, war literature released in the 1920s, has to do with the value of literature to show us the emotional impact of war. We should have no doubt as to this value. But we should still, as historians, exercise good oldfashioned skepticism as to whether literature is an effective way of interpreting complicated historical experiences. We are trying to get at the heart of the notion of disillusionment. I will use it interchangeably with disenchantment because war wri
Wilfred owen, written as it was ongoing. Wilfred himself was a junior officer in the british army in the First World War. They are often reprinted words and they show us something about the brutality of war and the experience of war on the western front. They also show us something political. In an argument here, especially in the last part where he talks about men dying for nations, for national causes. The stakes of this one mans death from gas become very high indeed in Wilfred Owens eyes. This gives us a sense of what nations ask men to do in war. To complicate this, i want to give you a quote from another war writer, a patriotic novelist who fought on the western front. His name was ian hague. He was reflecting in the 1930s about war books. Specifically about war books that show us the sortedness of the great war in british memory. He writes, for the last 10 years, weve been submerged by a flood of socalled war books which depict the men who fought as brutes and beasts, as living
We were live earlier today from memorial inr norfolk, virginia. Next youll hear about the wartime role of the u. S. Navy, as well as archaeological work on the trenches of the western front area our symposium concludes with a panel on the war felt like his. The wars legacy. Good morning. How is everyone this fine morning area this fine morning . Welcome to the city of norfolk for those of you who have not been here before. It has been my honor and privilege to be the director here at the macarthur memorial right in the heart of downtown norfolk virginia. We were dedicated back in 1964. Our mission is to interpret the life and times of general Douglas Macarthur and in his words, look toward the future but do not neglect the past. That spirit we are gathered here today. For much of the world, the key events of general macarthurs life this is part of a coordinated strategy lasting from this year, 2014, all the way into 2019 area and stay tuned. Like this be more coming. We have two floors
[inaudible] youre watching American History tv. Like in the conversation us on facebook. In American Hats history tv, today were bringing you live coverage of world war one. Good morning everybody. To the macarthur memorial. For the last 14 months it has be the honor to director here at macarthur memorial. In a ld like to stand special welcome to our audience that is watching around the world in American History tv. In a mission 1964 use general macarthurs words to look for the future based on the past. That is why we are gathered here today. In many ways helped shape his future. Todays event will mark the of the first ial world war. Building next ial to us, the general is buried next to his wife. You can explore the museum while you are here. And this time i want to thank to put this helped symposium, without them we would not be here today. The city of norfolk, southern bank, hampton rd. , museum. You to all partners. [applause] before we get going. First of all, please silence your
Including digging the trenches, which came out in hardcover in 2008. He was recently given the prestigious honor of being named a fellow he will be sharing onh us today his work archaeology. Welcome andrew robertshaw. [applause] good morning come everybody. Thank you very much for the invitation. Thank you very much for coming out today. I hope to make this interesting. I want to look at a number of things. A new discipline of archaeological i will field archaeological battlefield archaeology. Individuals on found in 2005. I want to start with a joke. Doing british way of things. I was asked to give a talk to a society of genealogists. They take themselves terribly seriously. Thes why im a member of society of family historians. The story i told them was based on the 1920s. The british comedian named max miller. When he was about 22, he went and saidsaw his father i want to marry miss green. His dad said you can marry her. I had a bicycle and i got around a bit. She might be your siste