Talk:George Mosse

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I studied under Mosse in the mid 60's at UW Madison. His classes, like those of his colleague Harvey Goldberg, another refugee from Hitler, would have a cohort of the serious history majors with an even larger group in the class sitting in just to listen to Mosse or Goldberg. I still remember a friend who when he asked Mosse about a particular passage in Das Kapital, was told to come back and ask that question when he could read it in the original German. My friend did in fact return a year later to Mosse with that question having learned enough German to read Marx. Serious people in those days in Madison. I stayed with philosophy, tough but not as much of a radical commitment as the historians and sociologists had. Check out "History and the New Left: Madison, Wisconsin, 1950-1970" (Critical Perspectives on the Past Series) edited by Paul Buhle for a taste of that time.

Mike Logghe 01:02, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Uneasy
I'm somewhat uneasy about this encyclopedia article. There are undertones that suggest Mosse was biased (by his background), self-interested, money hungry, and effeminate. While this may or may not be true, and I have no wish to argue about its verity, it is uncalled for in a supposed "encyclopedia" article. I would appreciate it if someone took it upon themselves to modify this article.

Ledeen and false claim
I have deleted "co-written with Michael Ledeen" from the book Nazism: a Historical and Comparative Analysis of National Socialism, 1978 because Mosse is listed as the author and not Ledeen.

See the book title at isbn.nu for verification. Ledeen's page lists him as a research assistant. That's a big difference than being co-author. Skywriter 01:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Impact on French historiography
Mosse had a major impact on the whole direction of French historiogaphy of WWI, with the publication of his Fallen Soldiers. This is currently in progress at Draft:French historiography, but for starters, see Julien (2004). Mathglot (talk) 00:47, 9 November 2022 (UTC)