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02783aam a2200373Mi 4500 001 8D9F14B6961911E8A89F3E0097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180802010035 008 180219t20182018sz b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9783319779584 020 $a 3319779583 035 $a (OCoLC)1043100840 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a D21.3 T69x 2018 100 1 $a Towle, Philip, $d 1945- $e author. 245 10 $a History, empathy and conflict : $b heroes, victims and victimisers / $c Philip Towle. 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland : $b Palgrave Macmillan, imprint published by Springer International Publishing AG, $c [2018] 300 $a x, 159 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Palgrave pivot 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-154) and index. 520 $a This book argues that popular culture has been transformed in a silent revolution from emphasising history's heroes to its victims. While city squares and stations were named in the nineteenth century after military victories, now the equivalent airports are named after the victims of violence. Where war reports used to focus on the leadership of the generals and the bravery of the troops, now they are mostly about casualties, refugees and destruction. History, Empathy and Conflict examines the diplomatic consequences of such a revolution in sensibility. Many governments have responded by apologising for their country's historic actions. History teaching in schools has sometimes been revised to reflect the new emphasis and to build confidence between nations and respect for domestic minorities. Not least of the reasons for these changes is the difficulty or impossibility of making restitution for past wrongs. But history can also be used by the media and governments to justify intervention to protect victims of civil wars only to come to be seen as victimisers themselves. The past is always difficult to interpret but is the basis of all our decisions and all institutions try to twist it to their own convenience. Sympathy with history's victims is a great moral advance but it can be used by dissatisfied nations to justify their revisionist policies and with the election of President Trump in 2016, all the Great Powers claim to be history's victims. 650 0 $a Victims $x History. 650 0 $a War victims $x History. 650 0 $a Heroes $x History. 650 0 $a Victims $x Historiography. 650 0 $a War victims $x Historiography. 650 0 $a Heroes $x Historiography. 650 0 $a Mass media and history. 650 0 $a Nuclear warfare and history. 830 0 $a Palgrave pivot. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180802013858.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D9F14B6961911E8A89F3E0097128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search