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Civilization Collective memory Collective memory United States Memory Social aspects Memory Social aspects United States National characteristics, American United States War and society United States World War, 1939-1945 Social aspects United States World War, 1939-1945 United States InfluenceBrooks, Colette
Summary: "In a culture trapped in the present tense, how can we keep the past from disappearing? When we lose sight of the past, our ability to understand ourselves on both a national and personal level is inhibited. While exploring the darker constants in modern American life - violence, militarization, rapid technological change, inability to be truly attentive - and the disorientation these elements...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2022
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Summary: "From the acclaimed author of No Man's Land and Soldier's Heart, a wide-ranging work of cultural history and criticism that reexamines the impact of post-World War II myths of the "good war.""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021