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Zusatztext Gregory argues his case forcefully and well! drawing on the best of recent European historiography for interpretive tools. He raises some fascinating issues which will make everyone view their own local Remembrance Day ceremony in a different light. Informationen zum Autor Adrian Gregory Pembroke College, Oxford Klappentext Nominated for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize, 1995 The first full-scale study of the rituals with which the British people commemorated three-quarters of a million war dead. Explains both the origins of the two minutes silence and the reasons for the success of the poppy appeal. This book examines how the British people came to terms with the massive trauma of the First World War. Although the literary memory of the war has often been discussed, little has been written on the public ceremonies on and around 11 November which dominated the public memory of the war in the inter-war years. This book aims to remedy the deficiency by showing the pre-eminence of Armistice Day, both in reflecting what people felt about the war and in shaping their memories of it. It shows that this memory was complex rather than simple and that it was continually contested. Finally it seeks to examine the impact of the Second World War on the memory of the First and to show how difficult it is to recapture the idealistic assumptions of a world that believed it had experienced 'the war to end all wars'. Zusammenfassung This book examines how the British people came to terms with the massive trauma of the First World War. Although the literary memory of the war has often been discussed! little has been written on the public ceremonies on and around 11 November which dominated the public memory of the war in the inter-war years. This book aims to remedy the deficiency by showing the pre-eminence of Armistice Day! both in reflecting what people felt about the war and in shaping their memories of it. It shows that this memory was complex rather than simple and that it was continually contested. Finally it seeks to examine the impact of the Second World War on the memory of the First and to show how difficult it is to recapture the idealistic assumptions of a world that believed it had experienced 'the war to end all wars'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Lest We Forget: The Invention and Reception of Armistice Day2. Unknown Soldiers: The Marginality of Veterans on 11 November3. And Men Like Flowers are Cut: The Haig Poppy Appeal 1919-394. The Undertones of War: Armistice Day in the Thirties5. The Irony of History: Armistice Day from Peace to War6. God Our Help: The Churches, Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday7. The Restoration of Tradition?ConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex...
