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JOANNA BOURKE

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Here are my latest blogs! Enjoy.


‘It Makes My Head Jump’: Shell-Shock, Psychology, and War 1914-1945
On the 7 July 1916, Arthur Hubbard painfully set pen to paper in an attempt to explain to his mother why he was no longer in France. He...
Feb 11, 202426 min read
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World War One: The Home Front
Fear, grief, sorrow: these are the overriding emotions of war. For men, women, and children confined to the home front between 1914 and...
Feb 6, 20248 min read
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'Evil Women': Mata Hari and the Femme Fatales
‘Sharing a Birthday with Mata Hari’ is a poem by Susan Gubernat: She refused the blindfold, faced twelve raised guns, Men’s erections...
Feb 5, 202418 min read
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