Document Type
Panel Presentation
Start Date
18-4-2019 3:30 PM
End Date
18-4-2019 4:45 PM
Keywords
World War I, Individual Experience, France, England
Biography
Originally from the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, I am a senior at Marshall University. My majors are History, International Affairs, and French.
Major
History, International Affairs, French
Advisor for this project
Nicholas Shangler
Abstract
By analyzing the memoirs of several different soldiers in the French and British armies during World War I, I will piece together the individual experience of the soldier. Focusing on three main soldiers, Marc Bloch, Henri Desagneaux, and Robert Graves, I will compare the differences between the French and British experiences in the war. Using secondary sources, I will show how these accounts align with scholarship on the individual experience during World War I.
In the Trenches: Marc Bloch, Robert Graves, and the Individual Experience of French and British Soldiers during the First World War
By analyzing the memoirs of several different soldiers in the French and British armies during World War I, I will piece together the individual experience of the soldier. Focusing on three main soldiers, Marc Bloch, Henri Desagneaux, and Robert Graves, I will compare the differences between the French and British experiences in the war. Using secondary sources, I will show how these accounts align with scholarship on the individual experience during World War I.
