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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- GLOSSARY -- 1 THE IMAGES AND SELF-IMAGE OF THE SCOTTISH SOLDIER -- 2 THE BLACK WATCH IN WEST AFRICA -- 3 IMPERIAL TESTS: ZULUS, AFGHANS AND BOERS -- 4 HIGHLANDERS IN EGYPT -- 5 ENTERING THE SUDAN -- 6 COMMEMORATION, PROMOTION AND THE STORMING OF DARGAI HEIGHTS -- 7 RECONQUERING THE SUDAN -- 8 MAGERSFONTEIN AND ITS AFTERMATH -- 9 CITIZEN SOLDIERS IN AN IMPERIAL WAR -- EPILOGUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Legacy of Gas Warfare in the First World War -- 2. Deterrence and Disarmament: Responses to Chemical and Biological Warfare, 1919-93 -- 3. Chemical Warfare in Third World Conflicts -- 4. The Proliferation of Chemical and Biological Weapons -- 5. Iraq's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programmes -- 6. Chemical and Biological Terrorism -- 7. The Recurrence of Chemical Warfare in the Middle East -- 8. Political Assassination by Poisoning -- Conclusion: The Evolving Nature of Chemical and Biological Warfare -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

In Chemical and Biological Weapons, Edward M. Spiers provides a thorough and even-handed examination of the weapons themselves--the various types and effects--and their evolution from World War I to the present.

"On 2 September 1898, Kitchener's Anglo-Egyptian Army defeated a vast army of dervishes at the Battle of Omdurman. By this epic victory, Kitchener removed the threat posed by militant Islam in this region of Africa, crushed the Mahdist state, avenged the death of Gordon at Khartoum, and effectively reconquered the Sudan." "To commemorate the centenary of those events, 11 historians have collaborated to produce a reappraisal of the reconquest and its international repercussions. They examine the policies, personalities and issues involved from perspectives in Britain, the other great powers and the Sudan." --Book Jacket.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Chemical Warfare 1914-18 -- 3 The Failure of Disarmament -- 4 Avoiding Chemical Warfare 1939-45 -- 5 Gas and Third World Conflicts -- 6 The Soviet Chemical Warfare Posture -- 7 NATO's Preparations for Chemical Warfare -- 8 The Geneva Negotiations: Problems and Prospects -- 9 Deterring Chemical Warfare -- Appendices 1: Some Properties of Chemical Warfare Agents -- Appendices 2: Properties of Some Harassing and Incapacitating Agents -- Appendix 3: The Persistency of Selected Chemical Warfare Agents -- Notes and References -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

This article reviews the course and development of British planning to commemorate the First World War. It highlights the fact that any commentary on that war in Britain has to take account of the prevailing cultural norms. These norms have evolved through much of the poetry, literature, theatre and film of the past century, and have come to represent the war as essentially futile, with an horrendous loss of life, best commemorated through the annual acts of remembrance for the fallen. As this national memory paid scant attention to the many works of revisionist military history written over the last generation, military historians were among the more sceptical when the UK government belatedly announced plans (and derisory levels of government funding) to commemorate the First World War. However, the Heritage Lottery Fund has filled the funding gap with £57 million, enabling all manner of projects to flourish whether of national, regional or local significance. By 4-5 August 2014, over 2,330 events, including 519 exhibitions, had been held, and numerous events marked the outbreak of the war. Poppies were again to the fore, most notably the 800,000 ceramic poppies, one for each fallen serviceman, at the Tower of London. ; Este artículo repasa las medidas y evolución de la planificación británica para conmemorar la Primera Guerra Mundial. En él se pone de relieve el hecho de que cualquier comentario sobre esta guerra en Gran Bretaña debe tener en cuenta las normas culturales predominantes. Estas normas han evolucionado a través de gran parte de la poesía, la literatura, el teatro o el cine del siglo pasado, y han pasado a representar la guerra como algo esencialmente vano, con una tremenda pérdida de vidas, que se conmemora mejor a través de los actos anuales de recuerdo por los caídos. Puesto que esta memoria nacional ha prestado escasa atención a tantos trabajos escritos a lo largo de la última generación repasando la historia militar, los historiadores militares se encontraban entre los más escépticos cuando el gobierno del Reino Unido anunció de modo tardío planes (y niveles irrisorios de financiación gubernamental) para conmemorar la Primera Guerra mundial. Sin embargo, la Heritage Lottery Fund ha completado el vacío en la financiación con 57 millones de libras esterlinas, permitiendo que todo tipo de proyectos florezcan, tanto de importancia nacional, regional o local. A 4-5 de agosto de 2014 se habían celebrado más de 2.330 acontecimientos incluyendo 519 exhibiciones y múltiples acontecimientos señalaron el estallido de la guerra. Las amapolas fueron de nuevo lo más destacado, en particular las 800.000 amapolas de cerámica en la Torre de Londres, una por cada militar caído.