ABC (Aust) RN - WW1 Weekend

[spof]

Sounds rather interesting.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/worldwarone/

Glen

[David B]

It could be, but it interferes with the footy broadcasts.

[WhiteStarLine]

On the weekend I downloaded the ABC Radio National podcast "Lions and Donkeys", which was a very thoughtful program, with Australian and English historians giving their viewpoints. The program can still be downloaded as a podcast.

The list of participants follows - some spirited arguments prevailed!

Joan Beaumont Professor of history, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Author of Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War

William Philpott Professor of the History of Warfare, Department of War Studies, King's College London
Author of Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice on the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century

Robin Prior Visiting Professorial Fellow, School of History and Politics at the University of Adelaide.
Author of six books including Gallipoli: The End of the Myth, and an editor of The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History

Gary Sheffield Professor of War Studies, University of Wolverhampton
Author of The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army

Peter Stanley Research Professor at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, UNSW Canberra.
For a full list of Peter's publications, please visit www.peterstanley.com.au .

Sir Hew Strachan Chichele Professor of The History of War, All Souls College, University of Oxford