Overview of Gerry Docherty & Jim Macgregor’s Book Of the many myths that befog the modern political mind, none is so corrupting of the understanding or so incongruent with historical fact as the notion that the wealthy and the powerful do not conspire. They do. They conspire continually, habitually, effectively, diabolically and on a scale…
Excerpt from Jacques R. Pauwels, ‘The Great Class War 1914-1918,’. 1917 was not a good year for any of the belligerent countries, but for the members of the Entente – France, Britain, and Russia – it was nothing less than catastrophic. The main reasons for that were the mutinies in the French army, which made…
A Fine Book Untangling Complexities Of World War I, And The Related And Colossal American Mistakes Despite being a fairly well-read student of US history, I admit that I’ve not been well versed in the complex events and details surrounding World War I. Burt Pines has helped me out, with his excellent book and its…
Even though the armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies of World War I at Comiégne, France on November 11th, 1918, and even though, as a boy living in a small town called Haysville, Kansas, and then in the city of Wichita, I read all the books I could get my hands on…
Book Review: The Great Class War 1914-1918 – Jacques R. Pauwels In all countries socialists renounced the class struggle and proceeded instead to go to war for their fatherland and their people. Jacques R. Pauwels, The Great Class War 1914-1918, p. 69 War is anathema. I hate war and I am sure the majority of…
