Course will look at link between World War I and issues of today

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Why is the Middle East such a “hot spot” today? Where did all those little countries (Croatia, Slovakia, Lithuania, etc.) in Europe come from?

    As  the world is now in the centennial of the First World War (1914-1918) it is important to understand how that conflict and its aftermath helped to create current world problems and conflicts. John Battick, a retired University of Maine history professor, will discuss the causes, course and outcome of that war in the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative enrichment course “The First World War: Deep Background to Current World Problems.”
    The course will examine the strategy and tactics of combat, the new war-making technology involved and the human, social and political costs and lingering effects of what was once hopefully called “the war to end all wars.”
    “The First World War: Deep Background to Current World Problems” meets for 10 weeks from Tuesday, Feb. 24 through May 5 from 2-3:30 p.m. at the Penquis Higher Education Center at 50 Mayo Street. For more information, please call 564-6525 or go to www. pvaec.maineadulted.org or www.facebook.com/pvaec.