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The emotional impact of war
A perspective from the early medieval west, c.841AD By Robert Evans @R_AH_Evans This week we remember the human cost of military conflict. We think not only of the millions killed and wounded but also about the unseen impact of war on human minds and emotions. The psychological and emotional costs of war are far better known…
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Conflict, Memory and Reconciliation: ‘The Vietnam War’
By Helen Sunderland (@hl_sunderland) The recent success of The Vietnam War, a television documentary co-directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, shows the enduring legacy of the conflict in popular memory. Broadcast as a ten-hour series in the UK on BBC Four and originally aired with an even longer running time on PBS, the series…
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Richard of York gave battle in vain
By Ben Oldham (bo286@cantab.ac.uk) Christmas is not usually a time for warfare, but in the Wars of the Roses, despite the sanctity of the festive season, the opportunity to cut the head off a rival branch was not one to be missed. In December 1460, Richard, duke of York kept Christmas at Sandal Castle: a…
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