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Allies in memory : World War II and the politics of transatlantic commemoration, c. 1941-2001 /
"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 govern...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Series: | Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ;
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Table of Contents:
- Phase one. Remembrance and reconstruction, c. 1941-1969
- Old World and New World : interwar transatlantic commemoration, c. 1917-41
- "Here we are together" : air war and the Anglicization of American memory, c. 1941-1963
- "These memories shall not be forgotten" : D-Day and transatlantic memory, c. 1944-1969
- Phase two. Americanization and commercialization, c. 1964-2001
- "It looks so different now" : veterans' memory, c. 1964-1984
- "The last good war" : Vietnam, victory culture, and the Americanization of memory, c. 1964-1984
- "One last look" : the commercialisation of memory, c. 1984-2001.