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Living with the Past
Jan 02 2007 3:33pm
It always amazes me how much we are all affected, daily, by the First World War.
I truly believe that historians of the future will view the years between 1914 and 2014 as the playing out of the changes wrought by that conflict that until World War Two was simply known as “The Great War”.
Think about it. Everything going on in the Middle East today, from Israel to Iraq, from Saudi Arabia to Central Asia is a result of the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at the end of that conflict.
The Cold War with the Soviet Union, the Second World War, The U.S.. superpower status and a thousand other things are the results of that conflict that some historians consider the event that triggers the decline of the West.
As I read of Saddam Hussein's execution this week it occurred to me, once again, that this is just the playing out in the history of that artificial state called “Iraq” that was created out of the corpse of a centuries-old empire destroyed in the greatest and most grotesque war man had ever known.
And the shaking out of the Ottoman Empire continues...
And I've decided, much against my nature, to bother people who volunteer to be bothered with a monthly email reminder to vote for us on Podcast Alley. I find it difficult to be a self-promoter...but every time I have said something, everyone has always been so helpful. So, if you want to receive a reminder from us each month about voting, drop me at email at dan@dancarlin.com and we will add you to our list.
Thanks again everyone.
Living with the Past
Jan 02 2007 3:33pmIt always amazes me how much we are all affected, daily, by the First World War.
I truly believe that historians of the future will view the years between 1914 and 2014 as the playing out of the changes wrought by that conflict that until World War Two was simply known as “The Great War”.
Think about it. Everything going on in the Middle East today, from Israel to Iraq, from Saudi Arabia to Central Asia is a result of the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at the end of that conflict.
The Cold War with the Soviet Union, the Second World War, The U.S.. superpower status and a thousand other things are the results of that conflict that some historians consider the event that triggers the decline of the West.
As I read of Saddam Hussein's execution this week it occurred to me, once again, that this is just the playing out in the history of that artificial state called “Iraq” that was created out of the corpse of a centuries-old empire destroyed in the greatest and most grotesque war man had ever known.
And the shaking out of the Ottoman Empire continues...
And I've decided, much against my nature, to bother people who volunteer to be bothered with a monthly email reminder to vote for us on Podcast Alley. I find it difficult to be a self-promoter...but every time I have said something, everyone has always been so helpful. So, if you want to receive a reminder from us each month about voting, drop me at email at dan@dancarlin.com and we will add you to our list.
Thanks again everyone.
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