Comments on: The Somme http://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/ Thoughts & discussion on reading & writing with a historical flavour Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:49:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: From the Gonzo http://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-56 From the Gonzo Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:32:44 +0000 https://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-56 <strong>Remembering the Somme</strong> Today, July 4, 2006, America’s 230th birthday. Most of us look up at fireworks and remember ideals like freedom, democracy and sacrifice. We remember American war dead and waving flags but for the last three days my mind has been stuck in 1916. T... Remembering the Somme

Today, July 4, 2006, America’s 230th birthday. Most of us look up at fireworks and remember ideals like freedom, democracy and sacrifice. We remember American war dead and waving flags but for the last three days my mind has been stuck in 1916.
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]]> By: Cas Stavert http://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-54 Cas Stavert Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:56:46 +0000 https://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-54 Come to think of it, you're the second person to recommend this book to me - I'd better add it to my wish list. Come to think of it, you’re the second person to recommend this book to me – I’d better add it to my wish list.

]]> By: eoinpurcell http://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-52 eoinpurcell Sun, 02 Jul 2006 08:52:54 +0000 https://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-52 Interesting is a very diplomatic way of putting it! He does try to debunk the accepted wisdome relating to the wat and how it was fought with some notable successes and some not so notable failures. It is well worth reading though. Eoin Interesting is a very diplomatic way of putting it! He does try to debunk the accepted wisdome relating to the wat and how it was fought with some notable successes and some not so notable failures. It is well worth reading though.
Eoin

]]> By: Cas Stavert http://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-50 Cas Stavert Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:21:54 +0000 https://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-50 I haven't read Corrigan, but I know from reviews and comments that I've read about this book, that he has an interesting interpretation of events. I haven’t read Corrigan, but I know from reviews and comments that I’ve read about this book, that he has an interesting interpretation of events.

]]> By: eoinpurcell http://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-49 eoinpurcell Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:50:41 +0000 https://only2rs.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/the-somme/#comment-49 Thanks Cas. I really enjoyed the post and your links. By the way have you read Gordon Corrigan's "Mud, Blood and Poppycock" which does a very fine job of putting the whole thing in context? Eoin Thanks Cas.
I really enjoyed the post and your links. By the way have you read Gordon Corrigan’s “Mud, Blood and Poppycock” which does a very fine job of putting the whole thing in context?
Eoin

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