What went wrong in 1914?
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Alec has created an entire world in his basement
Gifted people demonstrate intense focus. They often go deep, deep, deep into a subject wanting to understand the Why of it all. They are always questioning and attack comprehensive material by breaking it into components in order to figure out how it all fits together.
Sir Alec Nesbitt is such a character, author, and most important, Alec is a family friend. We share our lives over home cooked pots of elegant soup garnished with flaky French desserts in our home or theirs. And there is always fine wine to loosen the tongue.
I love to visit Alec and his wife Brenda in their cozy and artistic home south of Castle Rock. A huge boulder rests beside their sidewalk. As I walk past, I imagine how it arrived in this spot: most likely hand selected, it weighs a ton.
In Alec's basement sits a work of unsurpassed beauty. My husband Jack has taken pictures of this art piece-- a detailed reproduction of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. Only the miniature people Alec has painstakingly painted are not all Austro-Hungarian. Nor are they all standing inside the city of Sarajevo on this world shattering day.
No, Alec's Orient Express travels the circumference of an entire storyline, explaining WHY events of this unfortunate day evolved as they did.
I cannot tell you more. You must see it for yourself!
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Chaos, Confusion, and Political Ignorance: June 28-August 5, 1914: The Untold Truth about the Start of World War II
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Papers read before the New Jersey clay workers' association at the meetings held at Rutgers college, New Brunswick, New Jersey, June 25 and 26, 1914, December 28 and 29, 1914
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I'm Alec Nesbitt and I've spent most of my life trying to make sense of what went wrong in Europe during the summer of 1914. Sadly, the more I learn the less sense the story makes. But it's a story worth studying, if only to learn how stupid we human
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Yes, ralwus, it is a special event for us all, I believe. Thanks for your comment. BTW, Alec hand painted each and every piece in his set and the detail is extraordinary.
Strangely enough, my ten-year old was quizzing us about the start of the Great War only this week. He's fascinated by history, and being a boy, he's also fascinated by war. My husband started off by saying that the war started when the Archduke was assasinated in Sarajevo. That's what what we were taught at school, and we learned it unthinkingly, by rote. My boy though, was not satisfied with this one sentence response, and we ended up researching and looking out books to try and explain it better. The trouble is, that there doesn't seem to be an entirely satisfactory explanation for any of it. Perhaps there never really is a good reason to go to war.
Amanda, this is interesting. Did you go to the site? Alec has done extensive research and in fact, this piece he has created is intended to go to a school as an educational tool. He has one prospect in Stuttgart. Anyway, I am certain if you go to the site, you can email Alec and ask him about all this. He certainly knows the answers to your questions! BTW, have you ever read A Very Long Engagement? One of my favorite books and it takes place during WWI. There was a movie made, too.
Yes, I did skim through the site, and when I get home later (I'm at work right now) I will have a closer look, and probably print it off. I haven't read the book you mention, or seen the movie, but I enjoy books from around that period, so I shall look out for it.
Interesting, storyteller - I will have a proper delve into the site tonight, when I have finished my daily work!
It certainly is a fascinating period of history - the sabre rattling between the aristocratic families, the growing social movements. It is certainly much more complex than an assasination and seems to be largely about not losing face - we all know the devastating outcome. Sadly, the Balkans are still exceptionaly volatile and are still the site of 'diplomatic games.'
You and Alec have given me a lot to think about :)
Thanks for this - I am at the site right now. I have always been fascinated by WWI and its dreadful aftermath. HNow one war causes another and on and on!
My interest was first aroused by the poetry that came out of that "war to end all wars." Then I read "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman and it caught my imagination even more!
Will take time to study Sir Alec's work.
Thanks again.
Love and peace
Tony
Thank you trilogy of honorable guests. You have added insight to my day as well. I would like to consider this a lovely dinner conversation complete with wine and tonymac04's latest chicken dish.
ralwus says:
4 months ago
Hmmm, yeah that was a fateful day that threw the world into chaos and murder. It led it into another world war too as it created new Tyrants and despots. I have bookmarked your links and will enjoy them later, thanks so much. I'd like to eat with you all some time, sounds like a great environment. Lucky you. peace, CC