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Materias:

Materias: “…War (International law)…”

“…War and conflict in Africa…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ordinary things, ordinary people -- A Western way of war -- Not strategy, not tactics -- The hoplite and his Phalanx: war in an agricultural society -- Sources of inquiry -- The burden of hoplite arms and armor -- The old men -- The dread of massed attack -- A soldier's general -- Unit spirit and morale: the origins of the regimental system -- Drink -- The charge -- A collision of men -- Tears and gaps -- The push and collapse -- Confusion, misdirection, and mob violence -- The killing field -- The wounded -- Epilogue…”

Sumario

Tabla de Contenidos: “…We are enemies" : anticipating propaganda in The spy in black -- "Taking the war against Hitler" : blockade and blackout in Contraband -- 49th parallel and the dangerous interpretability of wartime propaganda -- From "We can take it" to "V for victory" : agency, gender, and propaganda in One of our aircraft is missing -- "England isn't as bad as all that" : propaganda and censorship in The life and death of Colonel Blimp -- "The values that we are fighting for" : reconciling tradition and modernity in A Canterbury tale -- Building up a new Britain : scotland and post-war reconstruction in I know where I'm going! …”

“…"A war is being waged against the Past. Whether it's toppling statues, decolonising the curriculum or erasing terms from our vocabulary, a cultural crusade is underway to render the past toxic. …”

“…"The last peasant war reinterprets the 'age of catastrophe' as starting with the vehement reaction, late in the first World War, of central and eastern peasants against the belligerent states and their urban rulers. …”