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020			_a9781250235022 _qhardcover
020			_a1250235022 _qhardcover
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100	1		_aLowe, Keith, _d1970- _eauthor. _9115978
245	1	0	_aPrisoners of history : _bwhat monuments to World War II tell us about our history and ourselves / _cKeith Lowe.
246	3	0	_aWhat monuments to World War II tell us about our history and ourselves
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2020
300			_axxi, 346 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xMonuments.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xHistoriography. _994490
650		0	_aMemorialization _vCase studies.
650		0	_aWar memorials _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xPublic opinion. _939241
650		0	_aCollective memory _vCase studies.
650		0	_aWar and society _vCase studies.
655		7	_aCase studies. _2lcgft _9266460
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