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Remembering the road to World War Two : international history, national identity, collective memory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finney, Patrick, 1968-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Causes > Historiography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Causes > Historiography > Case studies.
National characteristics > Case studies.
Collective memory > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : international history and the memory of the Second World War
  • On virtue : Stalin's diplomacy and the origins of the Great Patriotic War
  • On guilt : the Federal Republic of Germany and Nazi aggression
  • On complicity : Italian foreign policy, fascist ideology and the axis
  • On decadence : French foreign policy and the fall of the Third Republic
  • On folly : Great Britain, appeasement and the romance of decline
  • On liberty : FDR, American intervention and the empire of right
  • On tragedy : the dark valley of Imperial Japan
  • Conclusion : history, identity, memory.