The Politics of War Commemoration in the UK and Russia [electronic resource] /
Danilova, Nataliya.author.
This book analyses contemporary war commemoration in Britain and Russia. Focusing on the political aspects of remembrance, it explores the instrumentalisation of memory for managing civil-military relations and garnering public support for conflicts. It explains the nexus between remembrance, militarisation and nationalism in modern societies.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Memory Politics and the Afterlives of Fallen Soldiers; 1.1 Fallen soldiers: from the age of nationalism and beyond; 1.2 War trauma and communities in grief; 1.3 The era of the posts-: war, military and society; 1.4 Looking into the reflections of memories; 2 Media Commemoration in Britain; 2.1 The fallen of the Falklands; 2.1.1 The spirit of nationalism; 2.1.2 The bodies of the soldiers; 2.2 The Gulf War: the irony of a 'clean' war; 2.2.1 Old myths for a new war
2.2.2 The casualties of friendly fire2.3 Iraq and Afghanistan: the mediatised deaths; 2.3.1 Framing war in the age of uncertainty; 2.3.2 The faces of the fallen and remembrance of the best; 2.4 Concluding thoughts; 3 The Story of War Memorials; 3.1 Identity politics in British war memorials; 3.1.1 The sacred dead of modern times; 3.1.2 Killed while on service; 3.2 The National Memorial Arboretum; 3.2.1 Forging military commemoration; 3.2.2 The social life of memorials; 3.3 Private memories and virtual lives; 3.4 Concluding thoughts; 4 Remembrance in Modern Britain: Support the Armed Forces!
4.1 Patriotism and the Military Covenant4.2 Armistice Day and Remembrance Day in popular opinion; 4.3 Silence, wreaths and red poppies; 4.3.1 Re- framing the 'old' traditions; 4.3.2 Communities united; 4.3.3 The controversies of the Poppy Appeal; 4.4 Concluding thoughts; 5 Media Commemoration in Russia; 5.1 Afghanistan: the last Soviet war; 5.1.1 The international mission of the USSR; 5.1.2 The changing fortunes of the Soviet soldiers; 5.2 The first Chechen conflict; 5.2.1 New country, new media and war without sentiment; 5.2.2 Russian soldiers: lives lost and bodies unburied
5.3 The second Chechen conflict5.3.1 The Russian War on Terror; 5.3.2 Hero- victims and the struggle after death; 5.4 Concluding thoughts; 6 War Memorials in Russia; 6.1 The hierarchy of memories and memorials; 6.1.1 The Russian war pantheon; 6.1.2 The fallen of the 'undeclared' wars; 6.2 The Serafimovskoe Cemetery; 6.2.1 The Alley of Heroes; 6.2.2 Public rituals, private commemorations; 6.3 Veterans as guardians of virtual memory; 6.4 Concluding thoughts; 7 Remembering War: Celebrating Russianness; 7.1 Inspired by the war; 7.2 Victory Day in modern Russia
7.3 Tanks, floral tributes and the St George Ribbon7.3.1 Military parades: the politics of emotions; 7.3.2 Flowers for the dead and flowers for the living; 7.3.3 The St George Ribbon: committed to remember; 7.4 Concluding thoughts; 8 From Remembrance to Militarisation; 8.1 The military face of modern war commemoration; 8.2 The hero- victim dilemma; 8.3 The politics of responsibilities; 8.4 Militarised societies; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book analyses contemporary war commemoration in Britain and Russia. Focusing on the political aspects of remembrance, it explores the instrumentalisation of memory for managing civil-military relations and garnering public support for conflicts. It explains the nexus between remembrance, militarisation and nationalism in modern societies.
Historiography.
Communication.
Civilization—History.
World politics.
Children's literature.
Social sciences.
Memory Studies.
Media Studies.
Cultural History.
Political History.
Children's Literature.
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