The Great War

History 1040

The Russian Revolution

Week #13

22 November  Today's class will deal with the Russian a Revolutions of 1917. 

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November 24:   There is No Class because of Thanksgiving Break.

READING ASSIGNMENTS FOR NEXT WEEK

29 November:

Download:

• "Construction of Memory" and "Cult of the Fallen Soldier" from Courseweb. They are both in the "zip" file under Construction of Memory.

Videos to watch:

• Lecture by Jay Winter on Sites of Memory and Sites of Mourning - YouTube
• Courseweb - Video Files  - The Great War and the Great Disillusionment - watch all the videos.

Read:

• Mosse, G. L. Cult of the Fallen Soldier, pp. 70-106 - e-reserves
• pp 305-317 in Strachan
• pp.175-202 in 14-18 Understanding the Great War
• Very Short:
  • Read Vera Brittain's Perhaps and Mae Weddeburn Canaan's Lamplight
  • Go to Courseweb - Course Documents - Vera Brittain and read "The Superfluous Woman" and her discussion of Roland.
  • Read Siegfried Sassoon:  Aftermath
  • Courseweb - Video Files  - The Great War and the Great Disillusionment -Siegfried Sassoon and Aftermath
• Watch the Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Real Media Format