This volume charts the changes which took place in Western Europe during the first 13 years after World War II. It brings together 17 essays by experts from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the USA. They look at the many challenges which Western European nations faced during this period.
This volume charts the cultural, political, and social changes which took place in Western Europe during the first thirteen years after the Second World War. It brings together seventeen essays by experts from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the USA.
1. Introduction; I: COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST; 2. Coping with the Burdens of the Past: German Politics and Society in the 1950s; 3. Reshaping the Past: Collective Memory and the Second World War in Italy, 1945-55; 4. Beyond Memory and Commemoration: C
This volume charts the cultural, political, and social changes which took place in Western Europe during the first thirteen years after the Second World War. It brings together seventeen essays by experts from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the USA.
1. Introduction; I: COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST; 2. Coping with the Burdens of the Past: German Politics and Society in the 1950s; 3. Reshaping the Past: Collective Memory and the Second World War in Italy, 1945-55; 4. Beyond Memory and Commemoration: C