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The Devil's Rope A Cultural History of Barbed Wire

Alan Krell

While barbed wire has always cut across property, war and politics as a tool of control, it has other histories, constructed through image and text in the arts, media and popular culture, which have never before been examined. Invented in France in 1860 and welcomed by the frontier farmers of Americ...

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It was mentioned as a cultural history book on barbed wire, and was discussed in relation to its use in warfare, particularly during World War I and its presence in concentration camps in World War II.

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Hi, my name is Alan Krell and I'm the author of The Devil's Rope, A Cultural History of Barbed Wire.

— Episode: Devil’s Rope

Episode: Devil’s Rope

It was mentioned as a cultural history book on barbed wire, and was discussed in relation to its use in warfare, particularly during World War I and its presence in concentration camps in World War II.

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Hi, my name is Alan Krell and I'm the author of The Devil's Rope, A Cultural History of Barbed Wire.

Alan says that World War I is the first time barbed wire really becomes widely associated with being a tool of war.

Ellen Krell's book, The Devil's Rope, is a really great resource for this.

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