War, Memory, and Culture – serie
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19 produkter
Triumph of the Dead
American World War II Cemeteries, Monuments, and Diplomacy in France
Inbunden, 2018
641 kr
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An investigation into the relationship between history, art, architecture, memory, and diplomacy. Between 1948 and 1956, the United States government planned an enormous project to build fourteen permanent overseas military cemeteries in Europe. These park-like burial grounds eventually would hold …
Portraits of Remembrance
Painting, Memory, and the First World War
Av Margaret Hutchison, Steven Trout
Inbunden, 2020
756 kr
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Interdisciplinary collection of essays on fine art painting as it relates to the First World War and commemoration of the conflict. Although photography and moving pictures achieved ubiquity during the First World War as technological means of recording history, the far more traditional medium of …
Dixie's Great War
World War I and the American South
Av John Giggie, Andrew Huebner
Inbunden, 2020
528 kr
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Examining the First World War through the lens of the American South.How did World War I affect the American South? Did southerners experience the war in a particular way? How did regional considerations and, more generally, southern values and culture impact the wider war effort? Was there a …
Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials
How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945
Inbunden, 2021
641 kr
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Investigates the ground-breaking role American women played in commemorating those who served and sacrificed in World War IIn Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials: How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945 Allison S. Finkelstein argues that American women activists considered …
Tattered Kimonos in Japan
Remaking Lives from Memories of World War II
Av Robert Rand
Inbunden, 2023
410 kr
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Examines Japan’s war generation—Japanese men and women who survived World War Two and rebuilt their lives, into the 21st century, from memories of that conflictSince John Hersey’s Hiroshima—the classic account, published in 1946, of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of that city—very few books …
Patton's Shadow
The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory
Inbunden, 2024
1275 kr
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General George S. Patton’s legendary image was carefully crafted during World War II and continues to shape our understanding of American history and culture today. Historian Nathan C. Jones explores the creation of the Patton legend and its enduring legacy in Patton’s Shadow.
Lost Cause and the Great War
Progressive Reform and Patriotism in the American South
Inbunden, 2025
1275 kr
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How Tennessee reformers reconciled Southern heritage with rising nationalism, weaving the Lost Cause into the fabric of American progress and identityThe Lost Cause and the Great War tells the stories of central Tennessee Progressive-era reformers to illustrate the fascinating broader issue of how …
Echoes of Exile
A Family's Odyssey Through the Holocaust and Cold War
Inbunden, 2025
1314 kr
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In Echoes of Exile, Daniela Spenser weaves together a history of Europe’s calamitous 20th century conflicts—the Holocaust, Communism, the Cold War—by tracing those events in the lives of her parents and grandparents of Czech, Polish, and German descent. Enhancing and humanizing extensive archival …
America's National Cemeteries
A Meditation on History, Memory, and Place
Inbunden, 2025
410 kr
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A poignant photographic tour of honor, sacrifice, and memory within America's national cemeteries. In America’s National Cemeteries, Timothy B. Spears takes the reader on a grand tour of these singular places of commemoration, the final resting place for more than four million American military …
Experiencing War Memorials
Environment, Affect, and Public Memory
Av Jennifer K. Ladino, Jennifer K. Ladino
Inbunden, 2026
1423 kr
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Examines the emotional, formal, and environmental dimensions of war commemoration Experiencing War Memorials is a compelling edited collection of essays that examines how war is commemorated through public memorials and the powerful emotions and ideologies these sites generate. Drawing on fields …
Points of Honor
Short Stories of the Great War by a US Combat Marine
Av Thomas Alexander Boyd, Steven Trout
Häftad, 2018
250 kr
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A masterwork of World War I short stories portraying the experiences of Marines in battle.Points of Honor: Short Stories of the Great War by a US Combat Marine is based on author Thomas Alexander Boyd’s personal experiences as an enlisted Marine. First published in 1925 and long out of print, this …
War and Public Memory
Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Europe
Häftad, 2020
455 kr
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An introduction to key issues in the study of war and memory that examines significant conflicts in twentieth-century Europe. David A. Messenger argues that in order to understand the history of twentieth-century Europe, we must first appreciate and accept how different societies and cultures …
Battle Over Peleliu
Islander, Japanese, and American Memories of War
Häftad, 2019
338 kr
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The expansionist Japanese empire annexed the inhabited archipelago of Palau in 1914. The airbase built on Peleliu Island became a target for attack by the United States in World War II. The Battle over Peleliu: Islander, Japanese, and American Memories of War offers an ethnographic study of how …
Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials
How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945
Häftad, 2023
397 kr
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Investigates the groundbreaking role American women played in commemorating those who served and sacrificed in World War I.In Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials: How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945 Allison S. Finkelstein argues that American women activists considered …
Patton's Shadow
The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory
Häftad, 2024
397 kr
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An engrossing account of the myth and legend of George S. Patton and what his reputation illuminates about American culture and hero worshipPatton’s Shadow by Nathan C. Jones, a leading authority on George S. Patton, offers a definitive account of the creation of the Patton legend and what it …
Lost Cause and the Great War
Progressive Reform and Patriotism in the American South
Häftad, 2025
338 kr
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How Tennessee reformers reconciled Southern heritage with rising nationalism, weaving the Lost Cause into the fabric of American progress and identityThe Lost Cause and the Great War tells the stories of central Tennessee Progressive-era reformers to illustrate the fascinating broader issue of how …
Echoes of Exile
A Family's Odyssey Through the Holocaust and Cold War
Häftad, 2025
408 kr
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A sweeping exploration of survival, resilience, and the fate of one family amid Europe’s most turbulent centuryEchoes of Exile reveals the seismic disruptions of twentieth-century European history through the intimate lens of one family’s struggle to survive. Setting out to record the life of her …
Experiencing War Memorials
Environment, Affect, and Public Memory
Av Jennifer K. Ladino, Jennifer K. Ladino
Häftad, 2026
508 kr
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Examines the emotional, formal, and environmental dimensions of war commemoration Experiencing War Memorials is a compelling edited collection of essays that examines how war is commemorated through public memorials and the powerful emotions and ideologies these sites generate. Drawing on fields …
War and Public Memory
Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Europe
Inbunden, 2020
929 kr
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An introduction to key issues in the study of war and memory that examines significant conflicts in twentieth-century Europe. David A. Messenger argues that in order to understand the history of twentieth-century Europe, we must first appreciate and accept how different societies and cultures …
