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Zusatztext "The articles? all provide insights and are all engaging! a trait not often found in edited volumes. The topics range over time (from 17th-century European wars to present-day Afghanistan) and over continents (Europe! North America! Asia! Africa)? Dwyer's own introductory article incisively orients readers not only to the memoir field! but also to the various perspectives and approaches inherent in war memoir presentation." ? Choice "The strength of the collection is that it draws together the themes of war-related historical narratives and contemporary memories on an international scale. The juxtaposition of these case-studies enables the reader to analyse how various national mythologies have been built and/or destroyed by (and with) the assistance of wartime memoirs?[The volume] shows that the study of war and memory was not just an academic fad of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The field of study continues to flourish! and the volume is a welcome addition to our continuing conversations about war! history and memory." ? English Historical Review "The overall quality and scope of this collection are excellent. Its methodological chapters are particularly strong! its case studies are well-chosen! and it manages to cover major engagements while giving attention to long-neglected topics." ? Sönke Neitzel ! London School of Economics Informationen zum Autor Philip Dwyer is Professor in Modern European History and Director of the Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His recent publications include Theatres of Violence: Massacre, Mass Killing and Atrocity throughout History , coedited with Lyndall Ryan (2012). His monograph Napoleon: The Path to Power, 1769-1799 (2008) won the Australian National Biography Award. Klappentext This collection of essays is one of the first to explore the modern war memoir. Reveals the genre’s capacity for breadth and sophistication while remaining sensitive to the challenges it poses for scholars. Considers how memoirs have been used to transmit particular views of war even as they have emerged within specific social and political contexts. Zusammenfassung Although war memoirs constitute a rich, varied literary form, they are often dismissed by historians as unreliable. This collection of essays is one of the first to explore the modern war memoir, revealing the genre’s surprising capacity for breadth and sophistication while remaining sensitive to the challenges it poses for scholars. Covering conflicts from the Napoleonic era to today, the studies gathered here consider how memoirs have been used to transmit particular views of war even as they have emerged within specific social and political contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1. Making Sense of the Muddle: War Memoirs and the Culture of Remembering Philip Dwyer Chapter 2. War Memoirs, Witnessing and Silence Jay Winter Chapter 3. 'A Lively School of Writing': George Gleig, Moyle Sherer and the Romantic Military Memoir Neil Ramsey Chapter 4. 'The Tallest Pine in the Political Forest': Race and Slavery in the Confederate Veteran's Memoir, 1866-1915 Craig A. Warren Chapter 5. British Memoirs and Memories of the Great War Ian Isherwood Chapter 6. A Cog in the Machine of History? Japanese Memoirs of Total War (1937-45) Aaron William Moore Chapter 7. Post-Soviet Russian Memoirs of the Second World War Roger D. Markwick Chapter 8. Reimagining the Yugoslav Partisan Epic Vesna Drapac Chapter 9. The War That Was Not: 1948 Israeli War Memoirs Ilan Pap...
