Tuesday, February 2, 2010
The Home Front
Evelyn Blucher, the wife of a German officer, discusses the effect the great war had on her home country of Germany. She pointed out that the war still had an effect on Germany even when there wasn't any battles being fought. In the home front, people had to give up pretty much everything but the bare necessities. For example, any luxury items like instruments were sent to the war for materials like scrap metal. This is a good source because she has first hand experience with what happened, but wasn't too badly affected because she was wealthier. This says a lot about how nationalism can be destructive when there is too much, as it is with almost anything. There can be too much of a good thing.
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Pretty factual blogpost, could be more analytical. I think you mean to say nationalism indirectly is destructive because it inevitably leads to war.
ReplyDeleteI like the point you make about war affecting every aspect of a country, not just the men who are fighting in the trenches. However, I do agree with James that your post could be more analytical. I would like to hear more about why you think nationalism is equatable with war. I'm sure they correspond in some circumstances, but I'm not convinced that such a broad assumption is correct.
ReplyDeleteYou forgot to say that she is a good source because she was not badly affected by the home front and this results in a lack of bias.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with part of you last sentence, about there being too much of a good thing. This statement basically labels nationalism as "GOOD," even though most of your post describes how the war, which was ultimately caused by nationalism, was bad.
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