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West Indian Soldiers and the Mediated, Imagined Landscapes of the First World War
Using artist Wyndham Lewis’ work as a point of departure, this chapter explores the dispersed traces of West Indian participation in the war through...
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Dinner in the Trenches: Army Rations, Rolling Kitchens, and the Logistics of Food for American Doughboys
Histories of rationing and food consumption on the home front have recently appeared with increasing frequency but few works exist on the use of...
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Crusading Against Bosnian Christians, c.1234–1241
Launched for the purpose of eradicating heresy in Bosnia and its environs, the Bosnian crusade of 1234–1241 was led by Coloman, Prince of Hungary and...
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Conclusion
Crusading against Christians was widespread, in terms of geography, chronology and the variety of participants and opponents. This concluding chapter...
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Holy War and Crusade in Southern Italy: Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries
The kingdom of Sicily was one of the most active theatres of crusading against Christians. The kingdom of Sicily saw the beginnings of holy wars...
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Deconstructing Rudolf Berthold: The Brittle, Violent Life of Germany’s “Iron” Aviator
While the First World War in the air has been extensively studied from technical, military, and industrial perspectives, the intersection of aviation...
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Introduction
This section identifies the insurgency fought in Dhofar, Oman, from 1963 to 1976 as an understudied topic in twentieth-century British and Middle...
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Opposition
This chapter zooms in on the opponents of a Scandinavian union (e.g. a union that included not only Sweden and Norway but also Denmark). To...
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The End of the Beginning
This last chapter of the book forms a bridge between it and its sequel, Scandinavia and Bismarck. The point of departure is the classic arguments...
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Roads Not Taken
This introductory chapter situates the book in the context and aftermath of the great upheaval brought upon Scandinavia by the Napoleonic Wars. The...
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Scandinavia’s Holy War
On the surface of things, Scandinavia might appear as a quiet corner during Europe’s years of revolution in 1848–1849. Yet, as this chapter...
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From War to Revolution
This chapter starts by surveying the political situation in Europe in January 1864 with a special emphasis on the great power policies towards the...
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Scandinavianism During the Crimean War
This chapter begins with the Treaty of London in 1852 to end the First Schleswig War (1848–1851) and ends with the conclusion of the Crimean War in...
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How Strong Is NATO’s Arm: Commands, Cash, Capabilities and Contributions
NATO armed forces are mandated to perform a broad range of tasks from deterrence and defence, to crisis management and stability operations. In doing...
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Second Lieutenant Sir William Purves
Sir Willie Purves, a second lieutenant in the King’s Own Scottish Borders, won the Distinguished Service Order. The only national serviceman to earn...
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Private Jim Bridges
Jim Bridges volunteered to serve in Korea. He shipped out in 1951 and offers an account at once humorous and harrowing. The sights of bodies and...
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Private Walter Coote
Walter Coote, a private infantryman that went to Korea in 1952, rarely talked about his service in the war, not until he got older. It took time to...
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Private Alan Maggs
Alan Maggs remembers how cold Korean winters got and how hot the summers ran. That experience, one shared by many veterans of the war, made life at...
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Major John Lane
John Lane was a regular, and an officer in the Royal Artillery. His abiding memories are with the men he served alongside. He arrived in the winter...
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Sergeant Raymond Rogers
Ray Rogers was a signalman. He came to Korea in 1950 at the outset of the war. Being a signalman, Ray had a radio strapped to his back with an...