Tag Archives: war
Classics
‘They have a right to do anything we can’t stop them from doing’: Catch-22
In our new ‘Classics’ series, we ask writers to read – or reread – literary classics. In this first instalment, Claire Corbett discovers the military horrors of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. For a new reader, a novel’s status as a classic can obscure its true achievements because its … Read more
Books
War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times by Linda Polman [review]
War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times Linda Polman ISBN: 9780670918966 RRP: $32.95 First, a little story. In 1854 Florence Nightingale responded to a request from the British War office for volunteers to help care for sick and wounded soldiers from the Crimean … Read more
