Ill Literacy: Books with Benson

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Nick Lloyd, Professor of Modern Warfare at King’s College London, to discuss his new book, The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918. They chat about the scale of the conflict, how the most radical aspect of the struggle in the east was that the violence was not confined to combatants, and how the repercussions of the war in the east, including the fall of three great empires and the rise of Bolshevism, were much more profound than the war in the west.

Get the book here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324092711

Show Notes:

Financial Times: Margaret MacMillan – “The Eastern Front by Nick Lloyd — truth bombs”
https://www.ft.com/content/8e29eba7-a91a-40a6-a5e5-47369a7c70eb

Literary Review: Jonathan Boff – “Graveyard of Empires”
https://literaryreview.co.uk/graveyard-of-empires

The Spectator: Tessa Dunlop – “The horrors of the Eastern Front”
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-horrors-of-the-eastern-front/

The Telegraph: Simon Heffer – “How the carnage on the Eastern Front transformed the First World War”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/review-eastern-front-nick-lloyd/

The Times: Dominic Sandbrook – “The Eastern Front by Nick Lloyd review: a fresh take on the First World War”
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/article/the-eastern-front-a-history-of-the-first-world-war-nick-lloyd-review-fm2z0kkzn

Times Literary Supplement: Hew Strachan – “Suicide of empires”
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/history/twentieth-century-onwards-history/the-eastern-front-nick-lloyd-book-review-hew-strachan

The Wall Street Journal: William Anthony Hay – “‘The Eastern Front’ Review: The Battle Far From the Trenches”
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-eastern-front-review-the-battle-far-from-the-trenches-e09b3580

Creators & Guests

Host
Tim Benson
Ill Literacy, the newest podcast from The Heartland Institute, is helmed by Tim Benson, Senior Policy Analyst for Heartland’s Government Relations team. Benson brings on authors of new book releases on topics including politics, culture, and history on the Ill Literacy podcast. Every episode offers listeners the author’s unique analysis of their own book release. Discussions often shift into debate between authors and Benson when ideological differences arise, creating unique commentary that can’t be found anywhere else.

What is Ill Literacy: Books with Benson?

The Heartland Institute's podcast discussing notable new works with their authors. Hosted by Tim Benson.