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The art of war
The art of war
Last Modified: 01 Jun 2007
By:
Nina Teggarty
Ninety years after Owen and Sasson, we have a special report on today's soldiers' response to the war in Iraq.
An exhibition of paintings opens today in the National Army Museum - the work of artist Matthew Cook, a soldier in the British Army who has served in Iraq.
It's an example of a growing phenomenon - painting, writing, animation and online journalism from British and American soldiers, serving in the front line of a war which is dominating the experiences of a military generation.
As Nina Teggarty reports, this flowering of art awakes echoes from an earlier era - the poetry of the first and second World wars. And it poses a similar set of challenges to military commanders.
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