Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Musing of one thinking about the newly wed who went into a coffee shop, saw his wife sitting in a booth with another man, went over and told her not to bother coming home, only to have her introduce him to her brother.

I've been struck by the fact the very few young people know any thing about WWI and WWII. From inquires I've made it seems that history professors only want to teach things that have great social significance so most young people know about the civil rights movement. My reaction to this is to remind people that both of those wars had Huge social significance.  In each one of them some 50 million people died and the maps of Europe and Asia were redrawn. How much more social significance can anybody want?