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Title:

D-Day in history and memory : the Normandy landings in international remembrance and commemoration / edited by Michael R. Dolski, Sam Edwards, John Buckley.

Edition:

Edition: 1.

Publisher:

University of North Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Normandy.--Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Social aspects--Normandy.--Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945--Historiography.
Nationalism and collective memory.

Other Authors:

Dolski, Michael, 1978- editor of compilation.
Edwards, Sam, 1981- editor of compilation.
Buckley, John (John D.), editor of compilation.
Dolski, Michael, 1978- "Portal of liberation."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-296) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion / Michael R. Dolski, Sam Edwards, John Buckley. 6. "Portal of liberation": D-Day myth as American self-affirmation / Michael R. Dolski -- 2. The beginning of the end: D-Day in British memory / Sam Edwards -- 3. Canada's D-Day: politics, media, and the fluidity of memory / Terry Copp, Matt Symes -- 4. Gratitude, trauma, and repression: D-Day in French memory / Kate C. Lemay -- 5. "Sie kommen": from defeat to liberation, German and Austrian memory of the allied "invasion" of 6 June 1944 / G©ơnter Bischof, Michael Maier -- 6. "Their overdue landing" : a view from the Eastern Front / Olga Kucherenko -- Conclusion / Michael R. Dolski, Sam Edwards, John Buckley.

ISBN:

1574415484 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781574415483 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)862962333

LCCN:

2013043836

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)