The Soldiers' Press

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. The Zones of War

   • Graham Seal

   Pages 1-12

3. From the Trenches

   • Graham Seal

   Pages 13-46

4. We’re Here because We’re Here

   • Graham Seal

   Pages 47-80

5. Things We Want to Know

   • Graham Seal

   Pages 81-107

6. In the Pink

   • Graham Seal

   Pages 108-145

7. The War

   • Graham Seal

   Pages 146-177

8. Identities

   • Graham Seal

   Pages 178-215

9. Suffering Cheerfulness

   • Graham Seal

   Pages 216-223

10. Back Matter

    Pages 224-256

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Through the first comprehensive investigation and analysis of the English language trench periodicals of the First World War, The Soldiers' Press presents a cultural interpretation of the means and methods through which consent was negotiated between the trenches and the home front.

• Journalism
• War
• English
• English language
• First World War
• Home Front
• interpret
• language
• press

• Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute, Curtin University, Australia

  Graham Seal

Graham Seal is Director at the Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute at Curtin University, Australia. He has published a number of articles and books on the culture of war, including Inventing the Anzac: The Digger and National Mythology (2004) and Echoes of Anzac (2005). In 2007 he was made a member of the Order of Australia for his research and academic work. His These Few Lines: The Lost Lives of Myra and William Sykes was the joint winner of the National Biography Award in 2008.

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