Remembrance today : poppies, grief and heroism /
Proposing a return to the original ideas of Remembrance, and suggesting many changes to the modern-day spectacle, this book is a powerful polemic on how our ideas of heroism, duty, and grief have lost their way. The text calls for a re-focusing of Remembrance from its divisive tradition to a more un...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion Books,
[2012]
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| Summary: | Proposing a return to the original ideas of Remembrance, and suggesting many changes to the modern-day spectacle, this book is a powerful polemic on how our ideas of heroism, duty, and grief have lost their way. The text calls for a re-focusing of Remembrance from its divisive tradition to a more uniting and appropriate observance. |
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| Physical Description: | 248 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781780230443 1780230443 |