Experience and Memory

The Second World War in Europe

Jörg Echternkamp editor Stefan Martens editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:1st Dec '10

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Experience and Memory cover

Modern military history, inspired by social and cultural historical approaches, increasingly puts the national histories of the Second World War to the test. New questions and methods are focusing on aspects of war and violence that have long been neglected. What shaped people’s experiences and memories? What differences and what similarities existed in Eastern and Western Europe? How did the political framework influence the individual and the collective interpretations of the war? Finally, what are the benefits of Europeanizing the history of the Second World War? Experts from Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, and Russia discuss these and other questions in this comprehensive volume.

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2011

This stimulating, wide-ranging collection deftly combines national and European perspectives, which makes it especially valuable for the study of the post-Cold War era and the new Europe. Historians of memory in particular will find it useful, but so will others interested more generally in postwar European history. Highly recommended.”  ·  Choice

  • Commended for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2011

ISBN: 9781845457631

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 617g

332 pages