History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 080504387X ISBN 13: 9780805043877

Casa editrice: Henry Holt & Co, 1996

Riassunto

Discusses society's negative memories of atomic bombings and the Vietnam War

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L'autore:

Edward T. Linenthal is Edward M. Penson Professor of Religion and American Culture at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He is the author of Sacred Ground: Americans and Their Battlefields and Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum.

Product Description:

From the "taming of the West" to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics. What kind of history Americans should read, see, or fund is no longer merely a matter of professional interest to teachers, historians, and museum curators. Everywhere now, history is increasingly being held hostage, but to what end and why? In "History Wars," eight prominent historians consider the angry swirl of emotions that now surrounds public memory. Included are trenchant essays by Paul Boyer, John W. Dower, Tom Engelhardt, Richard H. Kohn, Edward Linenthal, Micahel S. Sherry, Marilyn B. Young, and Mike Wallace.

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• Editore: Henry Holt & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 080504387X
• ISBN 13: 9780805043877
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 302
• Redattore: Linenthal Edward T., Engelhardt Tom