Hew Strachan: The Entry of the US to the First World War: Centenary Reflections
For the United States, the First World War is ‘the forgotten war’. As yet it has no national memorial in Washington (although there are now plans to put that right). The distinguished military historian Professor Sir Hew Strachan will not only address why that is the case, he will also ask look at why the United Kingdom was and remains dismissive of America’s contribution to eventual victory.
This event takes place as part of the Chalke Valley History Festival in Broad Chalke, near Salisbury in Wiltshire.Â
Sir Hew Strachan FRSE, Hon D. Univ (Paisley) was Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford and is now Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He is an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and a Life Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. His recent books include The First World War: an illustrated history, Clausewitz’s On War: a Biography, and The Direction of War. He is the editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War. He is a member of the Chief of Defence Staff’s Strategic Advisory Panel, the Defence Academy Advisory Board, and the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and has been a specialist advisor to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the National Security Strategy. He is a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum and a Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner, and serves on the both the United Kingdom’s and Scotland’s national advisory panels for the centenary of the First World War.
