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Language: en
Pages: 414
Pages: 414
The contrast between battlefield and home front, soldier and civilian was the basis for memory and collective gratitude. Postwar commemoration, however, also gr
Language: en
Pages: 414
Pages: 414
The contrast between battlefield and home front, soldier and civilian was the basis for memory and collective gratitude. Postwar commemoration, however, also gr
Language: en
Pages: 282
Pages: 282
In The Crisis from Within, Nigel Raab examines analytic problems which emerge when philosophical and literary theories are introduced in historical analysis. By
Language: en
Pages: 448
Pages: 448
Fewer Americans were captured or missing during the Vietnam War than in any previous major military conflict in U.S. history. Yet despite their small numbers, A
Language: en
Pages: 218
Pages: 218
Inspired by the theoretical insights of Patrick Hutton, Roland Barthes and Maurice Halbwachs, this volume examines the relationship between myths and memory and
Language: en
Pages: 203
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In the years between the world wars, French intellectuals, politicians, and military leaders came to see certain encounters-between human and machine, organic a
Language: en
Pages: 291
Pages: 291
This book examines a diverse set of civic war memorials in North East England commemorating three clusters of conflicts: the Crimean War and Indian Rebellion in
Language: en
Pages: 354
Pages: 354
World War I utterly transformed the lives of Jews around the world: it allowed them to display their patriotism, to dispel antisemitic myths about Jewish coward
Language: de
Pages: 246
Pages: 246
The contributions to this volume focus mainly on the first World War from a gender perspective, discussing the complex relationship between the front and the ho
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This book explores, from a transnational viewpoint, the historical relationship between war veterans and fascism in interwar Europe. Until now, historians have