The Blood-Stained Poppy: A Critique of the Politics of Commemoration by Rooney, Kevin

The Blood-Stained Poppy: A Critique of the Politics of Commemoration (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781789040777)

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The Blood-Stained Poppy: A Critique of the Politics of Commemoration by Rooney, Kevin

The Blood-Stained Poppy: A Critique of the Politics of Commemoration

$19.95
The Blood-Stained Poppy: A Critique of the Politics of Commemoration by Rooney, Kevin

The Blood-Stained Poppy: A Critique of the Politics of Commemoration

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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For a century the war dead have been honoured with Red Poppies on Remembrance Day. The Poppy is part of a cult of death that celebrates the slaughter of the 'Great War' of 1914-18. The Poppy and the Remembrance Day ceremony turn grief to sanctify war. Here we expose the truth about the First World War, and about the century of militarism that followed. The war was not fought to make the world safe, but out of hatred and imperial greed. In the hundred years since the end of the First World War, Britain's military ventures have continued to wreak havoc across the world. The Poppy is a symbol of British militarism, not a badge of peace.

Author: Kevin Rooney, James Heartfield
ISBN-10: 1789040779
ISBN-13: 9781789040777
Publisher: Zero Books
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2019
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d
By Kevin Rooney
By Kevin Rooney
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Kevin Rooney is a teacher and writer in North London, UK. He first took part in the Commemoration of the Easter Rising in Belfast, 1972. James Heartfield has worked as a journalist, for a television company and as an editor. He lives in North London, UK with his wife and two daughters, where he writes and lectures on the history of Empire.

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