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Irish Junkers? The Irish Landed Class and the British Army in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Get PDFThe Irish landed class from the eighteenth century onwards was one of the British Army’s main sources of officers; and as a national/regional elite with military service central to their sense of identity they have been compared to the Prussian Junker class. Their political relationship with the British government was, however, complex and occasionally confrontational. This article examines the extent of their military involvement in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, compares this with their counterparts in Britain, and suggests some parallels between their experience and that of regional landed elites in the Prussian Army in the late eighteenth century
The Battle of Hamel: An ‘All Arms Battle’ or ‘AIF Small Arms Fire Superiority’?
Get PDFThis paper examines the origins and evolution of Australian Imperial Force (AIF) overhead machine gun fire tactics and how success correlated not just with its presence, but failure in its absence, throughout the First World War. The machine gun tactics used in the capture of the northern half of the Hamel objective on 4 July 1918 are used as an example as to why this correlation may also be causal
American Prisoners & Britain’s Caribbean War 1780-1783
Get PDFThis Research Note illustrates the American Revolution as part of a worldwide conflict through the seldom remembered British impressment and recruitment of American prisoners of war in Charleston and New York for service in Honduras and Nicaragua. Lord Charles Greville Montagu (1741-1784) had intended to recruit from the Loyalists of the South Carolina frontier, but the American Revolutionary war had by then deteriorated into a bloody civil war. Men were recruited from the prison hulks in Charleston and New York for a Central America campaign but became the defenders of Jamaica instead, and some of them later joined the post-war Black and White American Loyalist diaspora across the British Empire
ATOL Editorial
Get PDFAfter a period of absence ATOL is delighted to be back with this new issue. As some readers will know, we have been taking part in the direct-action boycott of academic publication and research by Goldsmiths University, our hosting website, in support of the University College Union (UCU) and as part of the industrial action in Higher Education. The boycott of research platforms has now officially ended, although strikes are currently ongoing and now echoed outside of academia in increased industrial action across public sector workplaces.
Since our last publication in 2020 the world has sustained turbulent and difficult times. There have been military conflicts globally, a pandemic bringing loss and uncertainty, increased inequality and polarity in divisions of wealth, and multiple catastrophes caused by climate change. As editors of this issue, and as two art therapists based in the UK, we note the current cost of living crisis, the detrimental effects of austerity, cuts to services and Brexit. This shifting and uncertain landscape has resulted in challenges for art therapy practices.
The writing in this issue reflects that of art therapists who seek to adapt to changing global contexts
Book Review: Art Therapy Treatment with Sex Trafficking Survivors: Facilitating Empowerment, Recovery and Hope.
Get PDFWith the appalling military invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin, foremost in my mind when reading this important book was the inevitable connection between conflict, exploitation and the use of rape as a weapon. Increasingly, reports are revealing the danger of abuse and assault that women and children are subject to when exposed to war and violence. Refugees fleeing military hostilities become significantly more vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers. This applies especially to women who are trafficked for sex when war is raging, but the risk increases merely with the presence of any military force (Nikolic-Ristanovic, 2003). The systemic and structural use of violence against women is inherent in a patriarchal society and results in women and children being victimised and their bodies used for profit in huge numbers globally.
Art Therapy Treatment with Sex Trafficking Survivors: Facilitating Empowerment, Recovery and Hope is edited by experienced art therapist Mary K. Komatiani and covers work undertaken with this complex population by art therapists, social activists and psychologists in North America, Nepal and India. The book is divided into three parts
Claire Andrieu, When Men Fell from the Sky: Civilians and Downed Airmen in Second World War Europe
Get PDFExtracts from ‘A thread through portraits of Marchesa Casati’
Get PDFExtracts from ‘A thread through portraits of Marchesa Casati’,
an unpublished sequence of 15 poem
The actions of the tanks at the Battle of Bullecourt, 11 April 1917
Get PDFThe First Battle of Bullecourt, 11 April 1917, is principally remembered for an action in which tanks played a prominent part during the initial stages of the assault. The action of the tanks, their movements and final resting place on the battlefield has often been neglected as accurate sources are limited. This has led to conjecture and confusion as to their accomplishments during the battle. By using Bullecourt as an early exemplar of their use as a primary weapon, a better understanding of their ability on the battlefield can be achieved. Overall, Bullecourt identified the limitations of tanks, and the need to develop and refine tank doctrine for future assaults
Review: Decadence and the Fairy Tale Symposium, Goldsmiths, University of London, 24 March 2023
Get PDFOn 24 March 2023, international scholars, academics, early career researchers, and members of the public attended the symposium ‘Decadence and the Fairy Tale’, hosted by the Decadence Research Centre at Goldsmiths in association with Goldsmiths’ Centre for Comparative Literature. The symposium was the first of its kind to examine the importance of the fairy tale in the context of the wider decadent tradition and the fairy tale’s own decadent tendencies. The fairy tale has long been perceived as a text intended for children, yet this symposium sought to highlight how decadent writers and artists drew upon this same tradition as a source of inspiration for some of their most subversive and sexually dissident adult texts. Oscar Wilde, Olive Custance, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Jessie Marion King, to name just a few writers of interest during the symposium, all viewed the fairy tale’s engagement with fantasy and escapism as an opportunity to explore occult esotericism, transgressive forms of sexuality, fluid gender identities, and queer desire. Culminating in an afternoon roundtable that brought the speakers together in order to discuss the significance of the decadent fairy tale and its continuing relevance for the twenty-first century, the symposium highlighted ground-breaking research in the fields of both decadent studies and the fairy tale tradition