The United States had a significant military presence in Europe during World War I and II, making history with the large number of troops transported overseas. [ more ]
The United States had a significant military presence in Europe during World War I and II, making history with the large number of troops transported overseas. [ more ]
Alice Winn: We live in the fossilised wreckage of world war one'
Alice Winn is the author of the bestselling novel In Memoriam, which has received critical acclaim. She draws inspiration from old school newspapers and letters written by teenage boys during World War I.
Winn spent two weeks pouring out the novel and another year and a half editing it. She approached the battle scenes by reading Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel and documenting instances of violence in a notebook. [ more ]
Alice Winn: We live in the fossilised wreckage of world war one'
Alice Winn is the author of the bestselling novel In Memoriam, which has received critical acclaim. She draws inspiration from old school newspapers and letters written by teenage boys during World War I.
Winn spent two weeks pouring out the novel and another year and a half editing it. She approached the battle scenes by reading Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel and documenting instances of violence in a notebook. [ more ]
Alice Winn: We live in the fossilised wreckage of world war one'
Alice Winn is the author of the bestselling novel In Memoriam, which has received critical acclaim. She draws inspiration from old school newspapers and letters written by teenage boys during World War I.
Winn spent two weeks pouring out the novel and another year and a half editing it. She approached the battle scenes by reading Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel and documenting instances of violence in a notebook. [ more ]
Alice Winn: We live in the fossilised wreckage of world war one'
Alice Winn is the author of the bestselling novel In Memoriam, which has received critical acclaim. She draws inspiration from old school newspapers and letters written by teenage boys during World War I.
Winn spent two weeks pouring out the novel and another year and a half editing it. She approached the battle scenes by reading Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel and documenting instances of violence in a notebook. [ more ]
Ishion Hutchinson: I can hear a poem before it arrives'
Ishion Hutchinson's third poetry collection, School of Instructions, has been nominated for the 2023 TS Eliot prize.
The collection explores the participation of Caribbean soldiers in World War I and combines the narratives of the past with the poet's own experiences growing up in Jamaica.
The book was inspired by a war journal discovered at the Imperial War Museum, which detailed the experiences of black West Indian soldiers in the Middle East. [ more ]
Biden and first lady visit French war cemetery that Trump snubbed on 2018 trip
President Biden visited a US cemetery in France, honoring fallen soldiers from WWI and highlighting the importance of alliances to prevent future conflicts. [ more ]