For any history buffs out there, the New York Times are reporting on the American Civil War as it happens, 150 years later. It seems a really interesting approach to history, and it's very well-written.
If you think you might be interested, have a look
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More seriously check out the Ken Burns civil war documentary on DVD. Well worth the price.
Also a new book out "the world on fire" about British and Irish people who fought on both sides and the impact of the war in the UK.
That's really interesting. I enjoy reading up on the Civil War, a very interesting moment in history (and also a good example of how history is written by the victor). But I never realised that the effects of a conflict 150 years ago still resonated in contemporary society. In what ways does it manifest itself (apart from Rednecks with confederate flags) ?
I always wanted a confederate victory as a kid in any of the movies i guess i was just brought up backing the losing side ;-)
Jeez mate, we could be here all night discussing that one!
The North/South thing has never really gone away, although it has changed in some ways to now being a struggle between rural and urban America (the liberal coasts versus the conservative heartlands) which is also a battle between secular America and the Christianists.
Just look at the Tea Party backlash against President Obama - and there are no prizes for what is really fuelling that - to see if there are still plenty of embers burning in America's racial fires.
Blood and guts stuff they were!
Like you I had a set once but lost in a move in the past ... might be cheaper than first thought.
Ah, to be 9 years old again ......
when I was a child I thought as a child and saw as a child.
Now I am a man I see through a glass darkly.
I think that is how it goes.
yeah, we're all grown up ... have to put away 'childish things' ... tempting though isn't it lol
Gettysburg has to be the best, but I've done Antietam and Manassas too. There's something quite incredible about still being able to see the bullet holes in buildings or standing by the same rock as the one pictured in photographs taken at the time of the conflict.
For those with a sense of history, take the time when you next visit the US. It ain't Florida, but a trip to one of the main battle sites is a remarkable day out.
Love US presidential history right about up to this point. Buchannan really came in at an impossible time to manage the divergent states. He also came in at a time when the US seemed to have the worst pocket of Presidents they've ever had. Then they got Lincoln. Still need to get round to reading that book Gods and Generals.
Henry, do you know the title of this?
Been looking for a decent Doc for a while.
Amazon link
Has a whole raft of great actors narratting but the star is Shelby Foote, the Southern historian.
There is also a book which is excellent too
Shelby Foote (RIP) narrates Ken Burns' DVD superbly ... he has a wonderful Southern drawl.
But the book(s) to buy are his three-volume set entitled "The Civil War: A Narrative".
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780394495170/Civil-3-Volume-Box-Set-Foote-0394495179/plp
They are phenomenal.
I hope a newspaper does it for WWI from 2014 on.
The cards are categorised according to condition and their value is set accordingly, they are not that rare as there are millions of them printed...
Around about the same time, mid 1960s, there was a British version of WWII 'Battle' cards printed which were just as gory...
The Yanks then produced 'War News', a WWII series of famous pictures from the conflict...