War and Culture
Michael Walton
Park University
Abstract
This paper will look at chapter 8 of Wayne E. Lee’s book titled Warfare and Culture in World History. As in all wars there is a conflict of what the others culture is bringing to the table. There is a struggle within and with those who are fighting for a cause that they want to protect. World War I will be the major focus of the task at hand. This paper will explain and attempt to highlight the disciplinary content in its own context and in relationship to the issues, questions, and positions of other disciplines and compare and contrast differences and similarities among the disciplines. Although the focus of the paper is the Great War and how the culture plays apart …show more content…
From Halifax to Vancouver there is no village but has its name inscribed upon the roll of glory. You may see the record of it running in every country newspaper in Canada. “Killed in action in France, Such and Such a One, of Pleasant Vale, Ontario,” with the battalion and the regimental number. There is in it all the humble pathos of personal obscurity lifted a moment to the light. Without the war this man might have been moving among the yellow sheaves of wheat to the clicking of the reaper in an August harvest field, in some lost corner of Ontario. There is much in it that will bear thinking of” (LEACOCK, 2015). Cultures and communities come together in the time of war; the way historians write and portray the war can bring out a sense of togetherness. If all the writing back home is positive and shows the troops in a light that they are fighting valiantly that is a win for the country and a boost to the patriotism. As it states in the text it stated that some campaigns focused on certain countries. This projected nationalism and pride when the great stories of victory were …show more content…
The different stories sent out by each country differed in operations. This may cause nationalist to question operations and think why their country was not at the fore front of a particular operation. For example on campaign could be argued that it could have been done better by Canadians rather than the Austrians. Other writings that were important to the war were pomes. At those times writing was a big part of communication for many cultures. “ The poets also came from a variety of religious backgrounds. The majority were from traditional Church of England backgrounds. Three of the more famous poets – Sassoon, Rosenberg and Frankau – were Jewish. Frankau and Sassoon were to convert to Roman Catholicism. Vera Brittain was a “sceptic”. What united them all regardless of their faiths was the fact that they all started to question the whole aspect of God – if a God existed He could never allow such horror; if He did exist, why did allow men to suffer so much? Sassoon in particular became more and more a harsh critic of the men who pushed religion onto the ranks. They made him “love religion less and less” (Trueman, 2015). Most pomes included the political struggle and a cultural struggle that was going on at home and abroad. A common theme of pottery in the Great War was the darkness of the poems. The main concern for this darkness was due to the
Michael Walton
Park University
Abstract
This paper will look at chapter 8 of Wayne E. Lee’s book titled Warfare and Culture in World History. As in all wars there is a conflict of what the others culture is bringing to the table. There is a struggle within and with those who are fighting for a cause that they want to protect. World War I will be the major focus of the task at hand. This paper will explain and attempt to highlight the disciplinary content in its own context and in relationship to the issues, questions, and positions of other disciplines and compare and contrast differences and similarities among the disciplines. Although the focus of the paper is the Great War and how the culture plays apart …show more content…
From Halifax to Vancouver there is no village but has its name inscribed upon the roll of glory. You may see the record of it running in every country newspaper in Canada. “Killed in action in France, Such and Such a One, of Pleasant Vale, Ontario,” with the battalion and the regimental number. There is in it all the humble pathos of personal obscurity lifted a moment to the light. Without the war this man might have been moving among the yellow sheaves of wheat to the clicking of the reaper in an August harvest field, in some lost corner of Ontario. There is much in it that will bear thinking of” (LEACOCK, 2015). Cultures and communities come together in the time of war; the way historians write and portray the war can bring out a sense of togetherness. If all the writing back home is positive and shows the troops in a light that they are fighting valiantly that is a win for the country and a boost to the patriotism. As it states in the text it stated that some campaigns focused on certain countries. This projected nationalism and pride when the great stories of victory were …show more content…
The different stories sent out by each country differed in operations. This may cause nationalist to question operations and think why their country was not at the fore front of a particular operation. For example on campaign could be argued that it could have been done better by Canadians rather than the Austrians. Other writings that were important to the war were pomes. At those times writing was a big part of communication for many cultures. “ The poets also came from a variety of religious backgrounds. The majority were from traditional Church of England backgrounds. Three of the more famous poets – Sassoon, Rosenberg and Frankau – were Jewish. Frankau and Sassoon were to convert to Roman Catholicism. Vera Brittain was a “sceptic”. What united them all regardless of their faiths was the fact that they all started to question the whole aspect of God – if a God existed He could never allow such horror; if He did exist, why did allow men to suffer so much? Sassoon in particular became more and more a harsh critic of the men who pushed religion onto the ranks. They made him “love religion less and less” (Trueman, 2015). Most pomes included the political struggle and a cultural struggle that was going on at home and abroad. A common theme of pottery in the Great War was the darkness of the poems. The main concern for this darkness was due to the