War and Memorials

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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: War Memorials and Critical Insights into the Human Past Chapter 2 A Duty to Remember (and Forget?): A Transnational Perspective on Commemorating War Chapter 3 Sacred Shrines of the Secular Age: War Memorials and Landscape in the Twentieth Century and Beyond Chapter 4 “… where Liberty was fought for”: Civil War Memorials in England Chapter 5 Patriotic Nationalism and Valorous Masculinity: The National Monument for the Prussian Wars of Liberation Chapter 6 “They Did Their Bit” – British Animal Welfare Societies and the Memorialization of War Animals since the Anglo-Boer War Chapter 7 Identity and Memory at First World War British Imperial Memorials on the Western Front Chapter 8 The Construction of a Memorial Space: The Gallipoli Campaign and Spatial Remembrance Chapter 9 A Living Memorial – The Toc H Movement and Talbot House Chapter 10 Temporary Cenotaph: A Contradiction in Terms? Chapter 11 “They Did Not Want Great Buildings”: The American and Canadian Legionnaires as Living Memorials Contributors Index