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Gloster Hill: 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (the Glosters), 22–25 April 1951

William T. Bowers and John T. Greenwood

in Passing the Test: Combat in Korea, April-June 1951

This chapter tells the tragic story of the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment, the 29th British Independent Infantry Brigade Group, which was overrun and largely captured while stubbornly ... More

This chapter tells the tragic story of the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment, the 29th British Independent Infantry Brigade Group, which was overrun and largely captured while stubbornly holding Hill 235 to slow the Chinese offensive. The Chinese took advantage of a vulnerable front line with many gaps and only two units in reserve and were able to overwhelm the regiment and push them back. The situation was eventually considered too desperate and reserves were committed to other areas. The Glosters withdrew while fighting back and attempted to hold the Chinese forces as long as they could before their imminent defeat.Less

The Age of Mechanical Production

Alex Kitnick

in Distant Early Warning: Marshall McLuhan and the Transformation of the Avant-Garde

This chapter explores how McLuhan’s interest in the French-American artist Marcel Duchamp allowed him to innovate a wry brand of cultural criticism that would in turn influence artists such as ... More

This chapter explores how McLuhan’s interest in the French-American artist Marcel Duchamp allowed him to innovate a wry brand of cultural criticism that would in turn influence artists such as Richard Hamilton and others affiliated with London’s Independent Group.Less

Introduction

in Art and Pluralism: Lawrence Alloway's Cultural Criticism

Lawrence Alloway (1926–1990) can be considered one of the founders of contemporary cultural ideals. One of the most esteemed art critics of the post-war years, Alloway was significantly involved with ... More

Lawrence Alloway (1926–1990) can be considered one of the founders of contemporary cultural ideals. One of the most esteemed art critics of the post-war years, Alloway was significantly involved with both the Independent Group and the Place and Situation painters in London during the 1950s. At the beginning of the 1960s, he moved to New York, where he became a leading interpreter of Pop art, ‘systemic’ abstraction, and the realist revival as well as women's art. He wrote more than 800 texts ranging from books to reviews and catalogues essays and displayed wholehearted commitment to pluralism and diversity in both art and society. In post-war London, Alloway witnessed an art scene that was impoverished but received a boost from the newly elected Socialist government's emphasis on culture. Art News and Review, a magazine launched by Richard Gainsborough in 1949, proved invaluable to Alloway as an aspiring art critic in the post-war years in London.Less