A podcast recorded by the Ideaslab at Birmingham. With the centenary of the First World War on the horizon, we talk about the ways in which Britain and other former belligerents are planning – or not – to mark the occasion.

The International Society for First World War Studies sponsored a Presidential Panel at the last conference of the Society for Military History. Entitled World War I as a Global Conflict: New Directions in Cultural, Social, and Military History, the panel discussion took place in Lisle (IL) on 10 June 2011. Though I was unfortunately unable [...]

On the day of Tony Blair’s appearance before the Iraq War inquiry, I was asked what we may expect from the work of the committee chaired by Sir John Chilcot. Listen to the interview recorded for the BBC Radio 4 News Briefing, broadcast on 21 January 2011. For further information on the inquiry into the [...]

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