The Occupation of the Street Prologue: Saving Bota Occupation, May 1940: ‘Like Thieves in the Night’ Occupation, Summer 1944 Anxious Days Coming or going? The Germans An anxious wait: the Dutch The fly-in: the British The Liberation of the Street Alarm! The Germans British boots on the Street Liberation! The Dutch Street Blocks Western screen: …
Part I: Palestine and Tobruk, September 1939-1941 To Palestine Mounted Cavalry No More Flash Kellett takes Command A New Year Gunners at Tobruk The Siege of Tobruk Mechanized at Last Part II: From Alamein to Tunis, January 1942-1943 Tank Training Into Action The Battle of El Alamein Pursuit to Tripoli The Tebaga Gap Victory in …
Introduction Richard Overy The Road to War 1878-1914 [rtoc] The Cultivation of Hatred The Years of Plenty [European Alliances, 1878-1914] [Industrial Growth of the Great Powers 1875-1913] [The Evolution of the Machine Gun] [The British Navy] [Stratified Societies] War is Declared [The German Armies of 1914] [The Lost Provinces] [The Schlieffen Plan] [The Armies are …
100 Objects Nations to War [rtoc] Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s Car The two Kaisers: Kriegs-Errinerungs-Karte The Triple Entente: patriotic badges Austrian feldkappe Pantalon garance Pickelhaube Iron Cross Propaganda Cross Kitchener poster Liverpool Pals badges [/rtoc] The Soldier [rtoc] ‘Les Poilus’ postcard Russian furazhka Canadian insignia Khaki uniform Puttees Lebel rifle ‘Butcher’ bayonet German identity disc Ottoman belt buckle US field …
Part 1 – Imperialism, Nationalism & The Road to War [rtoc] King George’s Imperial Crown: The Heyday of the British Empire The Pen that signed the Ulster Covenant: British Troubles and Irish Tensions A Prussian Pickelhaube: Prussian Militarism and Germany’s Rise Sergeant Miller’s Recruitment Sign: Anglo-German Naval Rivalry A Map of European Rivalry: Europe’s Alliances and …
Introduction Neil Astley First World War Ireland: 1916-1923 Spanish Civil War: 1936-1939 Second World War: 1939-1945 Korean War: 1950-1953 The Cold War Vietnam War Israel, Palestine & Lebanon: 1947-present The Troubles: 1966-1999 Yugoslav Wars of Succession: 1991-1999 Iraq Wars: 1980-2011 Afghanistan Wars: 1980-present Worldwide War: 1980-present Acknowledgements Index of Poets and Translators
Introduction Editors’ Note Part I: The Poems Part II: Commentary on each poem and its poet