By Margaret Brooks | Imperial War Museum Before the First World War there had never been compulsory military service in Britain. The first Military Service Bill was passed into law in January 1916 following the failure of recruitment schemes to gain sufficient volunteers in 1914 and 1915. From March 1916, military service was compulsory for […]
Books about how World War I started, and to a lesser degree how World War II started, have tended in recent years to explain that these wars didn’t actually come as a surprise, because top government officials saw them coming for years. But these revised histories admit that the general public was pretty much clueless and shocked.
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-04-30%20James%20Perloff.mp3"][/audio]On the brink of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania, James Perloff of JamesPerloff.com joins us today to discuss his in-depth expose of the incident, "False Flag at Sea." We talk about the sinking of the ship and how it was used to sway American public opinion on "The Great War," how the event was planned and engineered, who masterminded the plan, and why it still matters a century later.
Richard Grove of TragedyandHope.com and PeaceRevolution.org joins us on this month’s edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order to discuss “Philip Dru: Administrator” by Edward Mandell House. We examine the man behind the work and how the novel presages House’s time as the power behind the throne of the Wilson presidency.
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood on the eve of Halloween to talk about centrally-intelligent media + 'This Day In History' headlines and more on
By Adam Dick | Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | September 3, 2014 Eugene V. Debs nearly 100 years ago was a political prisoner in the United States for the “crime” of opposing the United States government’s participation in World War I and conscription of people to fight in that war. In March […]
