Friday, November 27, 2015

another BRAND NEW PAMPHLET from PAST TENSE

oh yes...

"CUNNING PLANS" - 
Tommy Atkins’ hidden tactics to avoid combat on the Western Front in WW1

or
Why ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ could have been a lot funnier (and more subversive)

By Roger Ball

Mass refusals, mutinies, disobedience, strikes and out-right rebellion were all part of the British armed forces’ experience in World War 1. But on a day-to-day level, many soldiers were also actively constantly resisting the war effort - shirking, skulking, and avoiding combat. Though by its nature, these practices are usually clandestine and hard to document, ‘Cunning Plans’ briefly lifts the lid on this hidden resistance...

ISBN: 978-0-9932762-0-0

Price: £2.50

Available from the publications page on website: www.past-tense.org.uk
 (payment by paypal)

or by post, from
Past Tense c/o 56a Infoshop 56 Crampton Street, London SE17 3AE

(enclosing a cheque payable to Past Tense Publications, for £4.50 inc P&P).

Previous WW1-series pamphlets from Past Tense are also available.
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