Top Results for World War I

Fritz Fischer (1908-1999) was a German historian who specialized in modern German history and the origins of the First World War. His 1961 study, Germany's Aims in the First World War, argued that German policy pursued expansive war aims and helped generate the debate known as the Fischer Thesis. Th...

John Keegan (1934-2012) was a British military historian whose books examined how warfare was experienced and conducted by soldiers. His 1976 study The Face of Battle compares the experiences of combatants at Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme, using battle history to examine fear, discipline, physi...

Hew Strachan is a Scottish military historian whose work focuses on war, strategy, and the First World War. His books include The First World War, Volume I: To Arms, published in 2001, and The Direction of War: Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective. His academic career has included senior...

Jay Winter is an American historian whose work focuses on the social and cultural history of the First World War, including mourning, commemoration, civilian experience, and the ways societies remember mass violence. He taught at Yale University and wrote Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning and The G...

Margaret MacMillan is a Canadian historian whose work addresses international relations, diplomacy, empire, and modern war. She taught at the University of Oxford and the University of Toronto and wrote Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, an account of the peace negotiations after the Fir...

Akram Khan’s Xenos is a powerful ballet that translates the story of Rohingya refugee experiences into dance. The work explores themes of displacement, trauma, and resilience through a deeply personal solo performance. It draws on South Asian traditions alongside contemporary movement vocabulary to...

Gloria (MacMillan)’s *Diversions* is a complex concerto written for flute, harp, piano, and percussion. Composed in 1964, it’s notable for its demanding technical requirements and evocative musical language reflecting the anxieties of World War I. The work is primarily performed by experienced orche...

Holger Herwig is a German-born Canadian military historian whose research focuses on the First World War and German military and political history. He was a professor of history at the University of Calgary and held a Canada Research Chair in the university's Centre for Military and Strategic Studie...

Corporal Jackie was a chacma baboon who served as a military mascot with South African forces during World War I, attached to the 3rd Transvaal Regiment. Found by Albert Marr on his family farm, Jackie accompanied the regiment to the Western Front and participated in trench life. He was wounded in b...