Why Blackadder Goes Forth could have been a lot funnier
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 10 2013 16:52
A fascinating look at Tommy Atkins' hidden tactics to avoid combat on the western front in World War I, or why ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ could have been a lot funnier (and more subversive)…
The British West Indies Regiment mutiny, 1918 - Steven Johns
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 7 2013 12:03
A short history of the mutiny at Taranto in Italy by West Indian soldiers in the British army at the end of World War I, which had a significant impact subsequently on anti-colonial struggles in the Caribbean.
From a representation of the army
A short appeal by The Levellers for Parliament to adopt a number of political reforms and address the grievances of the army.
An agreement of the people - John Wildman
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A short appeal from army regiments under the sway of the Levellers for peace and political reform to more equally distribute power within England.
The law of freedom in a platform - Gerrard Winstanley
Set out in 1652, this is Winstanley's vision for a future without money or such extreme laws of private property as we have today. Winstanley was aware that the English Civil War meant a consolidation of power for the Merchant Classes and Landowners and he - quite rightly - predicted the misery and corruption to come.
A true account of the New Model Army - Paul Z. Simons
An account of the New Model Army and its links with the Revolutionary movements unleashed by the English Civil War.
Slaughterhouse-five - Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut's darkly humourous novel recounting the story of an ill-prepared soldier and the grim reality of the Second World War.
Review: The Spanish civil war - Anthony Beevor
A good review of the book on the Spanish Civil War by renowned military historian Anthony Beevor, which was later republished as The battle for Spain.
War is a Racket - Smedley Butler
Submitted by working class s... on Jan 31 2013 11:13
The transcript of a speech given in 1933 by former Major General Smedley Butler. Butler served in the US military for 34 years, and at the time of his death he was the most decorated soldier is US history...... WAR is a racket. It always has been It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people.
GI revolts: The breakdown of the US army in Vietnam - Richard Boyle
Submitted by working class s... on Jan 26 2013 23:43
Two stories of revolts by US troops, including the shooting of a top sergeant and the mutiny of Bravo Company at Firebase Pace near Cambodia, written by Richard Boyle, a war correspondent who spent three tours in Vietnam.
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