Much of the history of modern Europe,
from Agincourt to Mariupol,
seems to comprise ignorant, arrogant
purportedly Christian armies – some ragged,
most well financed – advancing, retreating,
slaughtering innocents, telling lies,
with brief respites for rearmament,
and victory’s parades and revenges.
Even respectable men who should know
better, scholars and poets, politicos
and hacks, pretend to be soldiers, to ‘Hear
the drums of morning play. Hark the empty
highways crying “Who’ll beyond the hills away?”‘
FROM AGINCOURT TO MARIUPOL
FROM AGINCOURT TO MARIUPOL
THE MAKING OF HISTORY
FROM AGINCOURT TO MARIUPOL
BETWEEN RIVERS: INTRODUCTION - ALAN HORNE