Slaughter of our innocence
Argues that the Battle of the Somme marked the beginning of Britain's age of cynicism. Thereafter, there was no collective revolt, no consensus for resistance to orders. Melancholia was the profoundest heritage of the First World War; it involves painful dejection, general inertia and self-repr...
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30.06.1996
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| Abstract | Argues that the Battle of the Somme marked the beginning of Britain's age of cynicism. Thereafter, there was no collective revolt, no consensus for resistance to orders. Melancholia was the profoundest heritage of the First World War; it involves painful dejection, general inertia and self-reproach, with expectations of things always getting worse. Such is the legacy which still remains. |
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| AbstractList | Argues that the Battle of the Somme marked the beginning of Britain's age of cynicism. Thereafter, there was no collective revolt, no consensus for resistance to orders. Melancholia was the profoundest heritage of the First World War; it involves painful dejection, general inertia and self-reproach, with expectations of things always getting worse. Such is the legacy which still remains. |
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