The British at War. Cinema, state and propaganda, 1939-1945 - James Chapman

The Mind and Stomach at War: Stress and Abdominal Illness in Britain c.1939–1945

Medical professionals are often obliged to engage with unforeseen problems during times of conflict. These typically emerge and develop unpredictably, giving rise to spates of internal biological disorders that may affect specific body areas or induce problematic forms of psychological behaviour. The phenomena of shell shock and Gulf War syndrome are prominent historical examples of these, both...

War, Peace, and Cinema: Excerpts from the Foreign Policy of the USA with a Look at Stanley Kubrick’s Cinema

The notion of peace, regardless of theorizations accepted in th field and since the                  Enlightenment Period, and the era known as Modernism, has, constantly, been one of the challenges of mankind, and also scientists in the field of political sciences and international relations.  Contrary to the presentation of the idea of peace and respect to the human rights in some of the fore...

British Military Decline 1919-1939

This essay briefly examines the British military and their decline as a world military leader between 1919-1939. During this period one could argue that naiveté clouded the lens through which they viewed military power in general in relation to other nations causing miscalculations in particular with regard to strategic policy considerations. We can contrast their lens then with our lens today ...

Patriotic War , 1941 to 1945 *

Radio On and British Art Cinema