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Rezension zu: P. Strobl: A History of Displaced Knowledge
Works of Australian history have brought to light a number of prominent Austrian names. When Matthew Flinders undertook his circumnavigation of the continent in the years 1802–1803, he was accompanied by the talented Austrian botanical illustrator Ferdinand Bauer. Half a century later, Viennese-born Eugen von Guerard began a career in Australia as a painter of Australian landscapes; his works hang in numerous public galleries in Australia to this day.
The shock of the old
On 7 June indignant crowds in Bristol toppled the statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston and rolled it through the streets before consigning it to the depths of Bristol harbour. It was a fitting and long overdue end, many thought, for the image of a man who built his wealth on shipping African slaves. On the other side of the Atlantic, too, statues have been beheaded or felled.
Friday essay: a short, sharp history of the bayonet
Even the sound of a bayonet could be frightening. The audible whetting of blades in the enemy's trenches could puncture a night's rest with premonitions of steely death. The sight of gleaming blades, too, turned the stomach of many a soldier. For all the sheer, witless terror it could produce in those who heard, saw and perhaps felt its cold steel, there was no weapon more visceral than the bayonet. It might have been a moment of inspired panic that brought the bayonet into existence.
Friday essay: a short, sharp history of the bayonet
Even the sound of a bayonet could be frightening. The audible whetting of blades in the enemy’s trenches could puncture a night’s rest with premonitions of steely death. The sight of gleaming blades, too, turned the stomach of many a soldier. For all the sheer, witless terror it could produce in those who heard, saw and perhaps felt its cold steel, there was no weapon more visceral than the bayonet. It might have been a moment of inspired panic that brought the bayonet into existence.
Captured Lives: Australia’s Wartime Internment Camps
Illustrated with some never-before-seen photographs and sketches, Captured Lives provides an insider’s look into life in the internment and prisoner-of-war camps that were spread across Australia during two world wars. Six faces stare at you on the cover. In the top left-hand corner is Anton Gueth, a German Buddhist monk, interned in Ceylon and sent to Australia during World War I. Top centre is Paul Dubotzki.
Peter Monteath reviews 'Fighters in the Shadows: A new history of the French Resistance' by Robert Gildea
Charles de Gaulle remains, for many, the quintessence of Gallic defiance through the dark years of World War II. Not only did he symbolise the famed resistance, he organised it, led it, conquered the Boche, and delivered national salvation after the humiliation of 1940. As Robert Gildea makes clear in this new history of the French Resistance, it was not always thus. In France's moment of crisis, de Gaulle's supporters at home and abroad were thin on the ground.
Fighters in the Shadows: A new history of the French Resistance
Charles de Gaulle remains, for many, the quintessence of Gallic defiance through the dark years of World War II. Not only did he symbolise the famed resistance, he organised it, led it, conquered the Boche, and delivered national salvation after the humiliation of 1940. As Robert Gildea makes clear in this new history of the French Resistance, it was not always thus. In France's moment of crisis, de Gaulle's supporters at home and abroad were thin on the ground.
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