Comments on: Tuesday, 25 May 1909 http://airminded.org/2009/05/25/tuesday-25-may-1909/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:15:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/05/25/tuesday-25-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-106051 Brett Holman Wed, 27 May 2009 11:56:13 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1818#comment-106051 I don't think there is any way to deal with those diplomatic history snobs on terms they would accept other than to be one yourself! I don’t think there is any way to deal with those diplomatic history snobs on terms they would accept other than to be one yourself!

]]> By: Jakob http://airminded.org/2009/05/25/tuesday-25-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-106048 Jakob Wed, 27 May 2009 11:27:11 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1818#comment-106048 Obviously diplomatic history snobs are OF NO HUMAN FORM... Obviously diplomatic history snobs are OF NO HUMAN FORM…

]]> By: Erik Lund http://airminded.org/2009/05/25/tuesday-25-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-106023 Erik Lund Tue, 26 May 2009 19:15:23 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1818#comment-106023 "who have?" Me still no speak no good. “who have?” Me still no speak no good.

]]> By: Erik Lund http://airminded.org/2009/05/25/tuesday-25-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-106022 Erik Lund Tue, 26 May 2009 19:14:44 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1818#comment-106022 Hey, it's a strong book, and there should be a great deal more like it. Like your thesis, for example. It's much better than the alternative of going to an archive, finding a fonds that collects a contemporary newspaper, and writing your thesis out of it rather than dealing with all the incomprehensible documents. You just have to deal with the diplomatic history snobs that have been to every archive in Europe. Hey, it’s a strong book, and there should be a great deal more like it. Like your thesis, for example. It’s much better than the alternative of going to an archive, finding a fonds that collects a contemporary newspaper, and writing your thesis out of it rather than dealing with all the incomprehensible documents. You just have to deal with the diplomatic history snobs that have been to every archive in Europe.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/05/25/tuesday-25-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-106015 Brett Holman Tue, 26 May 2009 13:37:21 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1818#comment-106015 I have indeed, I relied upon it quite a bit for my honours thesis (which was on the phantom airships). It is indeed invaluable if you're interested in press panics and spy scares, as I am. But if you think it's a 'poor man's book' because of the lack of archival research I shudder to think what you would make of my thesis :) I have indeed, I relied upon it quite a bit for my honours thesis (which was on the phantom airships). It is indeed invaluable if you’re interested in press panics and spy scares, as I am. But if you think it’s a ‘poor man’s book’ because of the lack of archival research I shudder to think what you would make of my thesis :)

]]> By: Airminded · Wednesday, 26 May 1909 http://airminded.org/2009/05/25/tuesday-25-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-106003 Airminded · Wednesday, 26 May 1909 Tue, 26 May 2009 09:19:00 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1818#comment-106003 [...] Subscribe to feed ‹ Tuesday, 25 May 1909 [...] [...] Subscribe to feed ‹ Tuesday, 25 May 1909 [...]

]]> By: Erik Lund http://airminded.org/2009/05/25/tuesday-25-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-105939 Erik Lund Sun, 24 May 2009 22:44:20 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1818#comment-105939 Brett, have you looked at The scaremongers : the advocacy of war and rearmament 1896-1914 / A.J.A. Morris. -- Main Author: Morris, A. J. Anthony. Published: London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. it's a comparative review of the British and German press as they cycle through a series of scares and crises, making many of the points that you're making, especially viz. "the semi-official press" of other countries. Considering that it's a poor man's book (from newspapers rather than archives), it is downright amazing just how much one finds in Morris and nowhere else. (Also, thoroughly off tpic, isn't it amazing just how copy and paste unfriendly university library databases can be?) Brett, have you looked at

The scaremongers : the advocacy of war and rearmament 1896-1914 / A.J.A. Morris. —

Main Author: Morris, A. J. Anthony.
Published: London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.

it’s a comparative review of the British and German press as they cycle through a series of scares and crises, making many of the points that you’re making, especially viz. “the semi-official press” of other countries. Considering that it’s a poor man’s book (from newspapers rather than archives), it is downright amazing just how much one finds in Morris and nowhere else.
(Also, thoroughly off tpic, isn’t it amazing just how copy and paste unfriendly university library databases can be?)

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