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‘Wasteland’, or, How We Went From World War I to White Walkers

‘Wasteland’, or, How We Went From World War I to White Walkers

In Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror, historian W. Scott Poole exhumes our obsession with the living dead.

The Problem of the Presidency: Assessing Herbert Hoover

The Problem of the Presidency: Assessing Herbert Hoover

Perhaps, Kenneth Whyte suggests, Hoover was not the failure he is often made out to be, and consequently, FDR is not nearly the success he appears to have been.

‘Black Dog: the Dreams of Paul Nash’ Gives Chaotic Reality to the Dreamscapes of a War-haunted Painter

‘Black Dog: the Dreams of Paul Nash’ Gives Chaotic Reality to the Dreamscapes of a War-haunted Painter

While no imitator, Dave McKean shares kindred tastes with Nash and creates a fictionalized memoir and dream journal of Nash's WWI experiences.

‘A Month in the Country’ Has a Pleasing Emotional Ambience

‘A Month in the Country’ Has a Pleasing Emotional Ambience

This is a thoughtfully scripted film that surreptitiously draws the viewer in before granting them an intensely emotional payoff.
Moving Pixels Podcast: Revisiting the Great War

Moving Pixels Podcast: Revisiting the Great War

While presented visually in the form of a cartoon, the game Valiant Hearts takes a serious look at the events and consequences of World War I

The Gathering Storm: Margaret MacMillan’s ‘The War That Ended Peace’

Facing It: Living with Disfigurement in Marc Dugain’s ‘The Officer’s Ward’

Casus Belli: BOOM!’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ Prepares for War

The Tangled, Trailing Tale of Michael Haneke’s WWI Mystery, ‘The White Ribbon’

The Tangled, Trailing Tale of Michael Haneke’s WWI Mystery, ‘The White Ribbon’

The mystery conceit in Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon acts as a hook and alludes to the larger mystery of wartime conformity and dangerous obedience, which it partly seeks to address.

Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America 1919 by Ann Hagedorn