Memories of the Second World War in Neutral Europe, 1945-2023

This edited volume is a sequel to, and a development of, The Long Aftermath: Cultural Legacies of Europe at War, 1936-2016 (2016). It focuses on the six major European countries and states that remained officially neutral throughout the Second World War, namely Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Vatican.Its transnational, comparative, and interdisciplinary approach addresses complex questions pertaining to collective remembrance, national policies and politics, and intellectual as well as cultural responses to neutrality during and after the conflict. The contributions are from a broad range of scholars working across the disciplines of history, literature, film, media, and cultural studies. Their thought-provoking chapters challenge many assumptions about neutrality in the post-war European and global context, thereby filling a gap in the existing scholarship.Common themes that run through the volume include the intertwined and dynamic links between neutrality and moral responsibility during and after the Second World War, the importance of memory politics and popular culture in shaping collective memories, and the impact of the Holocaust in shifting traditional perspectives on neutrality since the 1990s. This volume will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars interested in the field of memory studies, as well as non-specialist readers.

Product details

• Authors: Manuel Braganca, Manuel Tame Braganca, Peter Tame
• Assisted by: Manuel Bragança (Editor), Peter Tame (Editor), Tame Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2023
• EAN: 9780367715175
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71517-5
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 242 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Routledge Studies in Second World War History
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, Nationalism, military history, Warfare & defence, Political structures: democracy, Second World War, The Holocaust, Diplomacy, Warfare and defence, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, Political structures / systems: democracy, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements