By: A Part of History « Great War Fiction

A Part of History « Great War Fiction — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:25:31 +0000

[...] Dan Todman has called attention to the fact that when Julian Putkowski attacks his work, this is in large part based on comments from Trench Fever, Dan’s blog. Dan objects to “selective and out of context quotation” as well he might, but of course academics have been quoting each other’s books selectively and unfairly for years. The trouble is that blogs make this easier. Just cut’n’paste. And it raises the question of the status of a blog post. Are they considered formal discourse or chatty conversation? Is it fair to quote them against the author in print when you probably wouldn’t quote an unguarded comment that someone made in a pub? On the continuum between public statement and private chat, I guess they’re about half-way. [...]

By: Sheffield in the Guardian, Strachan in the TLS « Great War Fiction

Sheffield in the Guardian, Strachan in the TLS « Great War Fiction — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:57:30 +0000

[...] The star turn, though is the monarch of WW1 historians, Hew Strachan, being very snooty about A Part of History a new collection of essays about the war. He takes it as typical of the current state of British thinking about the war – confused and contradictory. Oddly, his negative review makes me want to buy the book – that amount of disagreement between the authors must make for lively reading. One of the contributors to the book, Dan Todman, has things to say about it on his blog. [...]

Comments on: Strachan on ‘A Part of History’

By: A Part of History « Great War Fiction

By: Sheffield in the Guardian, Strachan in the TLS « Great War Fiction