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War Stories and Poems Book

War Stories and Poems
War Stories and Poems, This sardonic American comment on British ineptitude in the Boer War comes from 'The Captive', one of Kipling's many stories about war. He wrote confident tales of adventure on the imperial frontiers, in Afghanistan, Burma, and the Sudan. But he also, in , War Stories and Poems has a rating of 3 stars
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War Stories and Poems, This sardonic American comment on British ineptitude in the Boer War comes from 'The Captive', one of Kipling's many stories about war. He wrote confident tales of adventure on the imperial frontiers, in Afghanistan, Burma, and the Sudan. But he also, in , War Stories and Poems
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  • War Stories and Poems
  • Written by author Rudyard Kipling
  • Published by Oxford University Press, USA, June 2009
  • This sardonic American comment on British ineptitude in the Boer War comes from 'The Captive', one of Kipling's many stories about war. He wrote confident tales of adventure on the imperial frontiers, in Afghanistan, Burma, and the Sudan. But he also, in
  • This unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems provides critical comment on the ineptitude of the British in the Boer War. Including such stories as "Barrack-Room Ballads," this work provides tales of courage and adventure, as well as shameful e
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General Preface vii

Introduction xii

Note on the Text xxvi

Select Bibliography xxxiii

A Chronology of Kipling's Life and Works xxxvi

War Stories and Poems

Part 1 The Imperial Frontiers

The Widow's Party 5

The Drums of the Fore and Aft 7

That Day 39

A Conference of the Powers 41

The Young British Solider 55

The Light that Failed, Chapter 2 58

'Fuzzy-Wuzzy' 68

The Mutiny of the Mavericks 70

Ford o' Kabul River 89

The Lost Legion 91

Arithmetic on the Frontier 103

Slaves of the Lamp, Part 2 105

Part 2 The Boer War

Rimmon 125

The Way That He Took 127

The Outsider 145

Stellenbosch 161

A Sahibs' War 163

'Wilful-Missing' 181

The Comprehension of Private Copper 183

Half-Ballade of Waterval 194

The Captive 196

Chant-Pagan 219

Part 3 The Great War

Gethsemane 225

'Swept and Garnished' 226

Mary Postgate 235

The Changelings 250

Sea Constables 251

The Vineyard 268

Introduction to The Irish Guards in the Great War 269

A Recantation 276

A Friend of the Family 278

Mesopotamia 293

A Madonna of the Trenches 294

The Mother's Son 309

The Gardener 310

Epitaphs of the War (Selection) 321

Appendix: Kipling under Fire: The Battle of Kari Siding 325

Explanatory Notes 328


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