We Are the Dead - Hardcover

David Roberts,David Roberts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1908916192 ISBN 13: 9781908916198

Publisher: Red Horse Press, 2012

Synopsis

This is a stylish and evocative anthology of poems about the experience of the Great War, illustrated throughout with powerful and moving paintings from the period.

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About the Author

David Roberts is a writer, publisher, and the editor of the war poetry website: www.warpoetry.co.uk. He edited two very successful anthologies of poetry of the First World War: Minds at War, The Poetry and Experience of the First World War (1996) and Out in the Dark, Poetry of the First World War, in Context and with Basic Notes (1998). Moved and disturbed by the war in Kosovo and the NATO bombing campaign he wrote a collection of poetry, Kosovo War Poetry, published in 2000. For many years he has been interested in international relations and in particular is concerned with matters of war and peace, and the reform of the United Nations. For two years he was a member of the Executive Committee of Action for UN Renewal. He wrote a pamphlet for them, Lessons from Iraq, the UN must be Reformed (2004). He is working on a book about the United Nations. His book, The European Union and You (2007) is a weighty guide to the European Union, its origins, development, problems and potential. He has edited a volume of poetry by British, Argentine and Falkland Islands writers, Falklands War Poetry (2012). David Roberts was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK, in October 1942 and lives with his wife in Sussex.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Horse Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1908916192
• ISBN 13: 9781908916198
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English