Title: Altered Memories of the Great War
Subtitle: Divergent Narratives of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada (International Library of War Studies)
Description: The experiences of World War I touched the lives of a generation but memories of their momentous experience vary enormously. In Britain, there was a strong reaction against militarism, but in Canada, Australia and New Zealand the experience of was largely accepted as a national rite of passage, focussed in a powerful nationalist drive.
Subjects: Historiography, World War, 1914-1918, Weltkrieg (1914-1918), Kollektives Gedächtnis, Colonies, Nationalism, Collective memory, History, World war, 1914-1918, biography, Great britain, history, World history, British Personal narratives, Australian Personal narratives, New Zealand Personal narratives, Canadian Personal narratives, Soldiers, Attitudes