Allies in Memory : World War II and the Politics ofTransatlantic Commemoration, c.1941-2001 Paperback / softback
by Sam (Manchester Metropolitan University) Edwards
Part of the Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare series
Paperback / softback
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Amidst the ruins of postwar Europe, and just as the Cold War dawned, many new memorials were dedicated to those Americans who had fought and fallen for freedom.
Some of these monuments, plaques, stained-glass windows and other commemorative signposts were established by agents of the US government, partly in the service of transatlantic diplomacy; some were built by American veterans' groups mourning lost comrades; and some were provided by grateful and grieving European communities.
As the war receded, Europe also became the site for other forms of American commemoration: from the sombre and solemn battlefield pilgrimages of veterans, to the political theatre of Presidents, to the production and consumption of commemorative souvenirs.
With a specific focus on processes and practices in two distinct regions of Europe - Normandy and East Anglia - Sam Edwards tells a story of postwar Euro-American cultural contact, and of the acts of transatlantic commemoration that this bequeathed.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:311 pages, 12 Halftones, unspecified; 12 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/03/2018
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- ISBN:9781107426467
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:311 pages, 12 Halftones, unspecified; 12 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:29/03/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781107426467
