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Allies in memory : World War II and the politics of American commemoration in Europe, 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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Main Authors: Edwards, Sam, 1981
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, UK :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 41
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Monuments > Europe
World War, 1939-1945 > Monuments > England > East Anglia
World War, 1939-1945 > Monuments > France > Normandy
War memorials > Europe
Memorialization > Europe
Memory > Political aspects > Europe
Memory > Political aspects > United States
World War, 1939-1945 > Political aspects > United States
United States > Relations > Europe
Europe > Relations > United States
Summary: "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 a
Carrier Form: xii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-291) and index.
ISBN: 9781107074576 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
9781107426467 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: D838
CLC: K152
Call Number: K152/E267
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,

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