Rodney Beecham: 2 books

The book examines the confection of a British sense of national identity during the second half of the nineteenth century and relates this to the illogicality and irrationality of the British decision to intervene in the European war that broke out in 1914. It examines the language of English poetry...

Germany, 1931.  Karsten Wesel, a U-boat man in the Great War, is keeping himself alive by washing dishes in a small Hamburg restaurant.  But when his old commander comes to call, Wesel is suddenly transported back to the world of undersea conflict – fighting this time for himself. Safe...