World War I

World War I centenary: Verdun, a war in itself

‘BESIEGED, DESTROYED or DAMAGED in 450-485-984-984-1047-1246 AND DESTROYED IN TEN MONTHS FEBRUARY-DECEMBER 1916 AND REBUILT IN TEN YEARS 1338-1562-1792-1870-1919-1929.’ Above it, written in large letters is one word: […]

11 November 2014 – VoxEurop Notebook 1
WWI 100 years anniversary: Entrenched

6 August 2014 – Trouw (Amsterdam)
Ideas: European cultural identity? A matter of dialogue.

In the midst of the World War One, Marcel Proust created characters who, in spite of the conflict, were attracted by German culture. Proof, according to semiotician Umberto Eco, that cultural exchange has contributed more than anything else to the building of today’s Europe.

11 November 2013 – L'Espresso (Rome) 59
Iraq War: Blair, blinded by the Enlightenment

At the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair expressed no regrets over his decision to join the war in Iraq. Bruce Anderson in the Independent argues that he was driven by a typical delusion of Enlightenment thinking, that it is possible to reshape human nature and the world in the West’s image.

1 February 2010 – The Independent (London) 1
France-Germany: Burying the hatchet

November 11th – commemorating the French victory over Germany in World War I – is now to become a Franco-German holiday. Yet another step towards closer amity between the two big European nations, heralds the press on either side of the Rhine.

11 November 2009 – Presseurop ()

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