I. INTRODUCTION. ON THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
The main reasons that led me to the founding of this "blog" was the historical significance of the conflict of 1914-18 as a true transition between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the very limited specialized English historiography on the issue, only rich in schematizations, so that there is no choice but to address the traduccciones of foreign specialists, especially whites, translations that have only increased over the last five years.
Finally personal reasons and family, as my paternal grandfather fought during the conflict in a division of the German army in the mountainous region of the Vosges, in the disputed Alsace-Lorraine, then a German region. Soldier, was wounded in action and awarded an Iron Cross second class in June 1917. Still retain the medal and diploma awarded.
also, I think this blog will be particularly relevant considering the proximity of the centenary (2014) of the assassination in Sarajevo, and therefore the sequence of all centenarians have occurred in the First World War.
With regard to content, obviously I have to use secondary sources, ie historiographical texts written after the fact, but where possible I will insert any primary (original texts of the period, statistics, maps, etc).
I'm not going to make a simple selection and copying, but comments and criticisms leap in my opinion. I have a degree in Geography and History from the University of Murcia (course 1994-99) what gives me the minimum basis of knowledge of historical process, the techniques of text analysis and interpretation of the various currents of historiography (liberal , Conservative, Christian, Marxist ...) thus ensuring a certain capacity for synthesis in this small project. Thank you for your interest and attention.
