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Prisoners of history : what monuments to World War II tell us about our history and ourselves / Keith Lowe.

What monuments to World War II tell us about our history and ourselves (portion title)
Lowe, Keith, 1970- (author.).

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"A look at how our monuments to World War II shape the way we think about the war by an award-winning historian. Keith Lowe, an award-winning author of books on WWII, saw monuments around the world taken down in political protest and began to wonder what monuments built to commemorate WWII say about us today. Focusing on these monuments, Prisoners of History looks at World War II and the way it still tangibly exists within our midst. He looks at all aspects of the war from the victors to the fallen, from the heroes to the villains, from the apocalypse to the rebuilding after devastation. He focuses on twenty-five monuments including The Motherland Calls in Russia, the US Marine Corps Memorial in the USA, Italy's Shrine to the Fallen, China's Nanjin Massacre Memorial, The A Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, the balcony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and The Liberation Route that runs from London to Berlin. Unsurprisingly, he finds that different countries view the war differently. In monuments erected in the US, Lowe sees triumph and patriotic dedications to the heroes. In Europe, the monuments are melancholy, ambiguous and more often than not dedicated to the victims. In these differing international views of the war, Lowe sees the stone and metal expressions of sentiments that imprison us today with their unchangeable opinions. Published on the 75th anniversary of the end of the war, Prisoners of History is a 21st century view of a 20th century war that still haunts us today"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781250235022
  • ISBN: 1250235022
  • Physical Description: xxi, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. I Heroes -- 1. Russia: `The Motherland Calls', Volgograd -- 2. Russia And Poland: `Four Sleepers' Monument, Warsaw -- 3. Usa: Marine Corps Memorial, Arlington, Virginia -- 4. Usa And The Philippines: Douglas Macarthur Landing Memorial, Leyte -- 5. Uk: Bomber Command Memorial, London -- 6. Italy: Shrine To The Fallen, Bologna -- Coda: The End of Heroism -- pt. II Martyrs -- 7. Netherlands: National Monument, Amsterdam -- 8. China: Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall -- 9. South Korea: Peace Statue, Seoul -- 10. Usa And Poland: Katyn Memorial, Jersey City -- 11. Hungary: Monument For The Victims Of German Occupation, Budapest -- 12. Poland: Auschwitz -- pt. III Monsters -- 13. Slovenia: Monument To The Victims Of All Wars, Ljubljana -- 14. Japan: Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo -- 15. Italy: Mussolini's Tomb, Predappio -- 16. Germany: Hitler's Bunker And The Topography Of Terror, Berlin -- 17. Lithuania: Statue Of Stalin, Grutas Park -- Coda: The Value of Monsters -- pt. IV Apocalypse -- 18. France: Oradour-Sur-Glane -- 19. Germany: Memorial To The Murdered Jews Of Europe, Berlin -- 20. Germany: Monument To The Victims Of The Firestorm, Hamburg -- 21. Japan: A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima, And Peace Statue, Nagasaki -- pt. V Rebirth -- 22. United Nations: Un Security Council Chamber Mural, New York -- 23. Israel: Balcony At Yad Vashem, Jerusalem -- 24. Uk: Coventry Cathedral And The Cross Of Nails -- 25. European Union: Liberation Route Europe.

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World War, 1939-1945 > Monuments.
World War, 1939-1945 > Historiography.
Memorialization > Case studies.
War memorials > Political aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 > Public opinion.
Collective memory > Case studies.
War and society > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.

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