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Remembering the Cold War: Global Contest and National Stories


Remembering the Cold War: Global Contest and National Stories

Paperback by Lowe, David (Deakin University, Australia); Joel, Tony (Deakin University, Australia)

Remembering the Cold War: Global Contest and National Stories

£37.99

ISBN:
9780415661546
Publication Date:
19 Dec 2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:
Routledge
Pages:
260 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 May - 1 Jun 2024
Remembering the Cold War: Global Contest and National Stories

Description

Remembering the Cold War examines how, more than two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cold War legacies continue to play crucial roles in defining national identities and shaping international relations around the globe. Given the Cold War's blurred definition - it has neither a widely accepted commencement date nor unanimous conclusion - what is to be remembered? This book illustrates that there is, in fact, a huge body of 'remembrance,' and that it is more pertinent to ask: what should be included and what can be overlooked? Over five sections, this richly illustrated volume considers case studies of Cold War remembering from different parts of the world, and engages with growing theorisation in the field of memory studies, specifically in relation to war. David Lowe and Tony Joel afford careful consideration to agencies that identify with being 'victims' of the Cold War. In addition, the concept of arenas of articulation, which envelops the myriad spaces in which the remembering, commemorating, memorialising, and even revising of Cold War history takes place, is given prominence.

Contents

Introduction. 1. Conceptualizing Cold War Remembrance 2. Nuclear World 3. Cities and Sites 4. Defining Our Times 5. Endings

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