Robert Gerwarth

Robert Gerwarth is a professor of modern history at University College Dublin and director of the Centre for War Studies. He is the author of The Vanquished: Why The First World War Failed to End.

Stories by Robert Gerwarth

A still from the documentary film The Battle of the Somme purportedly shows British soldiers moving forward through wire at the start of the battle on July 1, 1916. This scene is now generally considered to have been staged well behind the lines but has regularly been used to represent British troops “going over the top” at the start of an assault on the Western Front.

Ending Wars Was Never Easy

Review |

Robert Gerwarth

March 20, 2021, 8:33 AM

Adolf Hitler upon his release from prison after his 1923 coup attempt, known as the Beer Hall Putsch, in 1924 in Munich, Germany.

Weimar’s Lessons for Biden’s America

Argument |

Robert Gerwarth

February 6, 2021, 6:29 AM

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