War Primer

• Author(s): Bertolt Brecht,
• Publisher: Verso Books
• Pages: 112
• ISBN_10: 1784782092
  ISBN_13: 9781784782092
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General , Photography / History , Technology & Engineering / Military Science , Poetry / General ,

Description:... In this singular book written during World War Two, Bertolt Brecht presents a devastating visual and lyrical attack on war under modern capitalism.

He takes photographs from newspapers and popular magazines, and adds short lapidary verses to each in a unique attempt to understand the truth of war using mass media.

Pictures of catastrophic bombings, propaganda portraits of leading Nazis, scenes of unbearable tragedy on the battlefield - all these images contribute to an anthology of horror, from which Brecht's perceptions are distilled in poems that are razor-sharp, angry and direct.

The result is an outstanding literary memorial to World War Two and one of the most spontaneous, revealing and moving of Brecht's works.