War Stories and Poems (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

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Synopsis

This unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems provides critical comment on the ineptitude of the British in the Boer War. Including such stories as "Barrack-Room Ballads," this work provides tales of courage and adventure, as well as shameful episodes of retreat and failure.

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Andrew Rutherford is Warden of Goldsmith's College, University of London.

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