We had come from lecture halls, school desks and factory workbenches, and over the brief weeks of training, we had bonded together into one large and enthusiastic group. Grown up in an age of security, we shared a yearning for danger, for the experience of the extraordinary. We were enraptured by war.

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Themes

  • History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

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