The Faber book of war poetry / edited by Kenneth Baker
1996, First Edition. London : Faber. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #434081
ISBN: 0571174531
Physical description; xxvi, 598p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Dulce et decorum est -- The patriotic imperative -- Off to the wars -- Martial music -- new mistress -- The women left behind -- Recruiting -- Impressment and conscription -- Mercenaries -- The training of conscripts -- Military justice and punishment -- The spirit of the fighting man -- Unlikely soldiers -- Women warriors -- Rest and recreation -- The consolations of obscenity -- Home thoughts -- Useful tips -- views of death -- Gallantry and heroism -- Killing -- Leadership -- Napoleon -- Donkeys -- Statesmen, politicians and profiteers -- Armour -- Weapons -- Artillery and big bombs -- Fortifications -- Climate and circumstances -- Fellow creatures -- Night scenes -- Spying -- Victories -- Disasters -- Hard fighting -- Death in action -- Naval engagements -- Old ships -- Sieges. Nursing and medicine -- Psychological wounds -- Prisoners -- Civilian victims -- The Holocaust -- The distant view -- Eye-witness -- Plunder and spoils -- The defeated -- Returning from war -- Survivors -- Enemies as brothers -- The bereaved -- The fruits of war -- Civil war -- War poets -- The epic -- Arguments for war -- Pacifism -- The religious blessing -- Gods and spirits of warfare -- Old battlefields revisited -- The dead -- Remembrance -- Peace. Subjects; Napoleon Bonaparte. War poetry. War poetry, English. War in literature. Poetry. War. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945). Armor. Army life. Artillery. Battles. Bombs. Draft. Heroes. Patriotism. Peace. Poetry anthologies. Prisoners of war. Spies. War casualties. Weapons. Women in war. Poetry Special subjects Wars.
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