{"id":9334,"date":"2018-11-08T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=9334"},"modified":"2018-12-05T14:42:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T19:42:46","slug":"581-the-great-war-1914-1918","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/9334","title":{"rendered":"581 &#8211; The Great War 1914-1918"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/581-Beaumont-Hamel-168x100.jpg\" alt=\"Beaumont Hamel\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9335\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20181108-justRIGHT-581-GUEST-SalimMansur-theGREATwar.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Sunday November 11, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the &#8216;Great War,&#8217; which subsequently became known as World War One.<\/p>\n<p>On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, Armistice was signed, officially ending a war that history demonstrated would once again continue in 1939.<\/p>\n<p>In this, the first of a two-part Remembrance Day retrospective, Salim Mansur joins us to explain how and why the Great War of 1914-1918 represented \u201cthe beginning of the end of the European Age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting upon the complex alliances of the six empires (British, French, German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, Ottoman) drawn into the conflict of the Great War, Salim looks to the literature and poetry of the day for insights to the meaning of it all.<\/p>\n<p>Thus our conversation moves from the impersonal aspects of the war to the very personal, as Robert cites the war experiences of those in his own family: Newfoundland\u2019s fighting Vaughan brothers: Oscar, Frank, Joseph, and Herbert.<\/p>\n<p>The continuum of history that has brought us from the Great War to today\u2019s modern world has provided us with a determined past that cannot be changed or avoided.  It is only in understanding and remembering that past that that we can ever hope to pave a way to a peaceful future that is Just Right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/581-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/581-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/581-bonus-material\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/bonus_material.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday November 11, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the &#8216;Great War,&#8217; which subsequently became known as World War One. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, Armistice was signed, officially ending a war that history demonstrated would once again continue in 1939. 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