50 - The Great War and Modern Memory at 50

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What makes a 50-year-old book on WWI still essential reading?

In this episode, Angus, Jessica, and Chris are joined by Ian Isherwood and Steven Trout, authors of But It Still Goes On: Paul Fussell’s The Great War and Modern Memory at 50. We revisit Fussell’s classic, exploring its legacy, impact, and the debates it continues to spark in the world of war literature and memory studies.

References:Ian Isherwood and Steven Trout, But it Still Goes On: Paul Fussell’s The Great War and Modern Memory at 50, The Journal of Military History Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory --- Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War--- Class: A Guide Through the American Status System--- Doing Battle: The Making of a SkepticFrederic Manning, Her Privates WeSiegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston Max Ploughman, A Subaltern on the SommeRobert Graves, Goodbye To All ThatDan Todman, The Great War: Myth and MemoryRC Sherriff, Journey’s EndSamuel Hynes, A War ImaginedCharles Edmonds, A Subaltern's War