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Zusatztext 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 Informationen zum Autor Jörg Echternkamp is a Senior Fellow of the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, Potsdam, and co-editor of the journal Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift . He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Calgary in Canada, Visiting Scholar at the German Historical Institute in Paris, and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Paris I (Sorbonne- Panthéon) and Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg. His major publications include Der Aufstieg des deutschen Nationalismus 1770 – 1840 (1998), Nach dem Krieg (2003), Kriegsschauplatz Deutschland 1945 (2006) and Germany and the Second World War: German Wartime Society 1939 – 1945, vols IX/1–2 (2008–2011, ed.). Stefan Martens is Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute, Paris and coeditor of the journal Francia – Forschungen zur westeuropäischen Geschichte . He has been a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Paris I (Sorbonne-Panthéon) and the Institut d’Études Politiques, Paris. His major publications include Görings Reich. Selbstinszenierung in Carinhall (2009, with Volker Knopf); Frankreich und Belgien unter deutscher Besatzung 1940–1944. Die Bestände des Bundesarchiv-Militärarchivs in Freiburg (2002, with Sebastian Remus); Occupation et répression militaire allemandes 1939–1945: La politique de maintien de l’ordre en Europe occupée (2007, with Gaël Eismann). Klappentext offers both West- and East European perspectives of history and historiography goes beyond the cesura of 1945 relating war time experiences to post war memories is written by experts in the field of the respective countries reflects on the writing of European history Zusammenfassung offers both West- and East European perspectives of history and historiography goes beyond the cesura of 1945 relating war time experiences to post war memories is written by experts in the field of the respective countries reflects on the writing of European history Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Abbreviations Chapter 1. A New Perspective on the War Henry Rousso Chapter 2. Conceptualizing the Occupations of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (1933-1944) Benoît Majerus Chapter 3. The Role of the War in National Societies: The Examples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands Chantal Kesteloot Chapter 4. Myths and Realities of the "People's War" in Britain John Ramsden Chapter 5. "We Can Take It!" Britain and the Memory of the Home front in the Second World War Mark Connelly Chapter 6. Experience and Memory: The Second World War in Poland Piotr Madajczyk Chapter 7. Remembering and Researching the War: The Soviet and Russian Experience Sergei Kudryashov Chapter 8. Bombing and Land War in Italy: Military Strategy, Reactions, and Collective Memory Gabriella Gribaudi Chapter 9. Italy as Occupier in the Balkans: Remembrances and War Crimes after 1945 Filippo Focardi Chapter 10. Brest under Bombardment (1940-1944): Being in War Pierre Le Goïc Chapter 11. Experiences of War, Memories of War, and Political Behavior: The Example of the French Communist Party Philippe Buton C...
