Cunning Plans

A radical history pamphlet.

Cunning Plans
Tommy Atkins’ hidden tactics to avoid combat on the Western Front in World War 1

Or, Why ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ could have been a lot funnier (and more subversive)

Mass refusals, mutinies, disobedience, strikes and out-right rebellion were all part of the British armed
forces’ experience in World War 1. But on a day to day level, many soldiers were also actively constantly
resisting the war effort - shirking, skulking, and avoiding combat. By its nature usually clandestine and hard to document, ‘Cunning Plans’ briefly lifts the lid on this hidden resistance...

A5, 24 pages.
printed by risograph.

Author: Roger Ball