Monumental conflicts : twentieth-century wars and the evolution of public memory /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Mallett, Derek R., 1969- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Subjects:	War and society > History > 20th century. Collective memory > History > 20th century. Memory > Sociological aspects > 20th century. History, Modern > 20th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction Derek R. Mallett
Section I: Monumental Conflicts: The Sacred and the Political
2. 'There Is Absolutely Nothing Like the Carving of Names': Imperial War Graves Commission Sites and First World War Memory Hanna Smyth
3. War Mall: Civic Art, Memory, and War on America's National Public Space William Thomas Allison
4. Re-Carving the Stone: Reinterpreting World War II Monuments in Brazil Uri Rosenheck
5. Memorializing the 'Unknown Heroes' of World War II: German Deserter Monuments Steven R. Welch
Section II: Negotiated Memories of War 6. Emperors, Bones, and Dissonant Memories: Japanese Commemoration of the Battle for Peleliu Island Stephen C. Murray
7. Divided Nation, Divided Memories Brendan Wright
8. War Tourism and Geographies of Memory in Vietnam Christina Schwenkel
Section III: Expeditionary Wars and National Pride 9. 'Curse you, Red Baron!': World War I Aviation's Impact on Popular Visions of Flight Guillaume de Syon
10. The British Public and the Falklands War Davide Borsani
11. Remembering the Soviet-Afghan War in Russia Roger R. Reese
12. The Persian Gulf War in American Popular Memory Robert T. Jones
13. Conclusion Derek R. Mallett.