The Good War in American Memory by John Bodnar

The Good War in American Memory by John Bodnar

Dispels the long-held myth that Americans forged an agreement on why they had to fight in World War II. This title identifies alternative strands of memory - tragic and brutal versus heroic and virtuous - and reconstructs controversies involving veterans, minorities, and memorials.

The comprehensiveness and scope of Bodnar's research makes [ The "Good War" in American Memory] a fine addition to an expanding body of work that seeks to complicate a consensus view of the war and that work toward a polysemic understanding of the past-- Andrew Salvati H-Net Reviews 2011 This engaging and well-written book addresses not just World War II but has implications for war remembrance more generally. Bodnar's analysis speaks powerfully to how cultures of nationalism and of war can become challenged amidst the heartbreak of massive death-and then to how easily such challenges may be forgotten and displaced by heroic narratives. -- Emily S. Rosenberg Cercles 2011 John Bodnar provides a corrective lens for those whose recent myopia accepts the celebratory effect of... traditional treatments of American participation in World War II... What Bodnar has adamantly recovered is the faded suffering of family members whose loved ones were buried overseas or never found, and the memories of veterans who could not escape the confusion and frustration. -- Michael Kammen Journal of American History 2011

John Bodnar is the Chancellor's Professor of History and the director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Indiana University. He has authored or edited nine other books, including Blue-Collar Hollywood: Liberalism, Democracy, and Working People in American Film, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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Titel	The Good War in American Memory
Autor	John Bodnar
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2010-11-26
Seitenanzahl	320
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