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Allies in Memory: World War II and the Politics Oftransatlantic Commemoration, C.1941-2001

Allies in Memory: World War II and the Politics Oftransatlantic Commemoration, C.1941-2001

Sam Edwards
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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.
Pages
311
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
March 29, 2018
ISBN
1107426464
ISBN 13
9781107426467

Allies in Memory: World War II and the Politics Oftransatlantic Commemoration, C.1941-2001

Sam Edwards
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
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.
Pages
311
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
March 29, 2018
ISBN
1107426464
ISBN 13
9781107426467

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