Book Description
This collection of Angus Calder's works focuses on how wars are transformed after they have been fought as well as the mechanisms that repress and reconstruct war, often during the battle itself. Revisiting campaign sites from the plains of Troy to recent conflicts in the Balkans with an eye toward how each conflict has been remembered, this book examines how those memories reflect reality. Included is a discussion of D-Day commemorations, as well as a variety of literary and public representations of war.

About the Author
Angus Calder is the author of Revolving Culture: Notes from the Scottish Republic.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This collection of Angus Calder's works focuses on how wars are transformed after they have been fought as well as the mechanisms that repress and reconstruct war, often during the battle itself. Revisiting campaign sites from the plains of Troy to recent conflicts in the Balkans with an eye toward how each conflict has been remembered, this book examines how those memories reflect reality. Included is a discussion of D-Day commemorations, as well as a variety of literary and public representations of war.