The war which was fought “to make the world safe for democracy,” as U.S. president Wilson put it. It is remarkable, however, the U.S joined the fight at the side of the French republic, the parliamentary monarchy England, and the absolute monarchy Russia in order to fight the parliamentary monarchies of Germany and Austria. Wilson also stated that this was “the war to end all wars;” to the contrary, it triggered an endless chain of conflicts which continue to this day. That these statements make little sense is itself in keeping with this most senseless fratricidal conflict in European history. Here you can find contributions about the prelude, conduct, and aftermath of this first worldwide conflagration that made the lights go out in Europe; about war crimes – real and invented; and about the Russian Revolution emanating from it.
By Ivor Benson ∙ October 1, 1990
While all are agreed that the overthrow of the Russian Empire in 1917 was one of the most important happenings in recorded history, honest attempts to find out exactly what did happen, how it was planned and carried out, have always been attended by difficulty and danger. In the Soviet Union the propagation of any…
By Robert H. Williams ∙ July 1, 1990
With the threat of “international Socialism,” the textbook name for Communism, so imminent in the Western world, nothing could be more important to the future survival and freedom of our children than to show them who set up the bloody Communist regime over the Russians and how they did it. But you can hardly find…
By William K. Von Uhlenhorst-Ziechmann ∙ July 1, 1986
The Falcon and the Eagle: Montenegro and Austria, 1908-1914 by John D. Treadway; Purdue University Press, 349 pp. $18.00 Aptly titled, The Falcon and The Eagle, while of particular interest to the student of diplomatic historiy, makes absolutely fascinating reading, even for those general scanners who have but the most fleeting impression of the immediate…
By Arthur S. Ward ∙ April 1, 1986
Room 40: British Naval Intelligence, 1914-1918 by Patrick Beesly. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1982, U.S. edition 1983, xiii + 338pp with maps, photographs, index, $15.95, ISBN 0-15-178634-8. In this book, Patrick Beesly, a veteran of the Naval Intelligence Division of the British Admiralty, tells the story of Room 40 – the office of British…
By Robert A. Hall ∙ July 1, 1986
The Politics of Hunger: The Allied Blockade of Germany, 1915-1919. By C. Paul Vincent. Ohio University Press, Athens (Ohio) and London, 1985; pp. viii, 191. When did the First World War end? Yes, that is a "catch-question." Virtually everybody will reply "November 1918;" but, in so doing, they will be wrong. That was the date…
By Robert John ∙ December 1, 1985
Acknowledgements To Benjamin H. Freedman, who committed himself to finding and telling the facts about Zionism and Communism. and encouraged others to do the some. The son of one of the founders of the American Jewish Committee, which for many years was anti-Zionist, Ben Freedman founded the League for Peace with Justice in Palestine in…
By Charles Lutton ∙ December 1, 1984
“Good words are a mask for evil deeds.”– attributed to Joseph Stalin During both the First and Second World Wars, the nations warring against Germany and her allies portrayed their fight as a “world war for humanity.” Despite the opening of hitherto closed government archives and the testimony of political participants, the general public, with…
By Karl Otto Braun ∙ December 1, 1984
Following the final defeat of Napoleonic France, the leaders of Europe gathered for the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to reorganize the war-torn continent. European recovery from the consequences of Napoleon’s downfall was considerably aided by the decent and magnanimous treatment of defeated France by the victorious powers. Henry Kissinger aptly entitled his study of…
By Arthur Ponsonby ∙ August 1, 1980
A series of extracts will give the record of one of the most revolting lies invented during the First World War, the dissemination of which throughout not only Britain but the world was encouraged and connived at by both the Government and the press. It started in 1917, and was not finally disposed of till…
By The Armenian Reporter ∙ September 1, 2005
Dr. Robert John, a historian and political analyst of Armenian descent from New York City, declared that a commonly used quotation of an alleged statement by Adolf Hitler concerning the Armenian massacres during World War One was a forgery and should not be used. Dr. John demonstrated how he had traced the original document in…
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