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Hi I'm Christopher hollingworth. I'm an english major. The reason why I decided to take this class is because I find WWI to be a very interesting time period, and one that I have been taught relatively little about in my prior education. From what I have been taught, WWI may not have ended all wars, but it did CHANGE all wars, introducing new technologies and methods of fighting which violently destroyed both old tactics, and old ways of thinking about matters such as war, honor, duty, patriotism, and international policy. Because of this, I look forward to learning more about WWI.

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Welcome, Chris. We'll have plenty of opportunity to cover the things you mention here.

I agree, hardly anyone teaches the WWI era well.  Most of my history professors effectually skipped over it to spend weeks on WWII, perhaps because they had lived through its cultural aftermath and it felt more familiar to them.  I also think that the idea of having lost the valor of war is an interesting one which I hadn't considered before someone brought it up in class...