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WWI presentation at the Main Library Tuesday, Oct. 16

The library will host a presentation by John Cox, professor of modern Eastern European history at North Dakota State University, titled “What Was So Great About the Great War?” on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at the downtown Main Library.

10/12/2018


  • WWI Presentation by Dr. John Cox
    WWI Presentation by Dr. John Cox

The library will host a presentation by John Cox, professor of modern Eastern European history at North Dakota State University, titled “What Was So Great About the Great War?” on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at the downtown Main Library. The presentation is part of the 2018 One Book, One Community reading project.

Cox will discuss how World War I threw most of the world off its rails, and how the 4 1/2 years of ferocious fighting internationalized new ideas and ideologies in ways that no one could have predicted. The war’s tremendous death tolls and the collapse of four world empires represent only the starting point of the Great War's balance sheet. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Main Library’s Information Desk at 701.241.1492.

For more information about the 2018 One Book, One Community reading project, visit www.1book1community.org.

The reading project is generously supported by the Friends of the Fargo Public Library, the Friends of the West Fargo Public Library, the Friends of the Moorhead Library and Moorhead Community Education.

Fargo Public Library events are free and open to the public. Adults must accompany children age 9 and younger. For a list of upcoming library events, visit our online calendar.