Rites of Spring

Why it’s on the list: Eksteins reads the First World War through culture rather than strategy — starting from the riot at the premiere of The Rite of Spring — and argues modernity and the war produced each other.

Where I saw it: A reply to @typesfast’s question on X, June 5, 2025 — “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/typesfast/status/1930617097068912787

Connections

• What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
• World War I · Culture · History — where this sits in the corpus.