I think I do. Good post btw. One little long term project I've been working on has been researching my father's experience in the second world war, from marching out of a little Ontario town, then getting sick at the last minute and missing the troop transport, which was sunk just off the Irish coast, killing most of the young men from that town. Through to his experiences in England, Sicily, Italy and North West Europe (France, Holland and Germany). Most of the things that happened to him he never told. I eventually discovered then in copies of the regimental diary or in stuff my mother told me about him. That is the sort of thing I'd love to see be published.
As for how history is taught, well that's a part of national educational differences which are an entirely different topic. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you are all missing the point of the show. It chronicle's the > experiences of certain individuals who participated in the war, and > these people happen to be Americans. It is not to be taken as a complete > history of the war. Just like Band of Brothers is about one particular > company in the 101st Airborne. It only shows a piece of the bigger picture. > While it is true that in todays high school and college history classes, > the past is glossed over simply because there is so much to talk about > in such short time, if someone is truly interested in history, they can > major in the subject in college, and if they want to get into more > specifics, major in Military History as I am. > And while we are on the subject, even the books that are out that talk > about WWII are lacking. For instance, in my class Writing for History, I > did an essay on the battle of Saipan. I bet most on this list have never > even heard of Saipan or how significant it was to winning in the Pacific > theater. I only found two good detailed books on the battle while > conducting my research. Go to any B&N, Borders or browse Amazon and you > will mostly find books written about the European theater, not the > Pacific. Part of that reason is that the pacific was secondary to the > grand scheme of things. Funny how it was the Japanese that attacked and > declared war on us first, yet we made Europe a priority. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308341 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
