FORGING THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY: Government and International Historians through Two World Wars
Editorial Reviews
The Journal of Military History
Forging the Collective Memory invites different conclusions. It warns us that published evidence must be joined to archival resources. It also persuades this reviewer that governments and truth-seekers can find common ground. And as the case of Germany shows, the truth will eventually come out, no matter how hard governments may try to conceal it. Undergraduates, majoring in history, and first-year graduate students will learn this and a lot more from Keith Wilsons diversified and interesting collection.
Book Description
When Studying the origins of the First World War, scholars have relied heavily on the series of key diplomatic documents published by the governments of both the defeated and the victorious powers in the 1920s and 1930s. However, this volume shows that these publications, rather than dealing objectively with the past, were used by the different governments to project an interpretation of the origins of the Great War that was more palatable for them and their country than the truth might have been. In revealing the policies that influenced the publication of the documents, the relationship between the commissioning governments, their officials, and the historians involved, this collection serves as a warning that even seeming objective sources have to be used with caution in historical research.
FORGING THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY: Government and International Historians through Two World Wars
FORGING THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY: Government and International Historians through Two World Wars,Keith M. Wilson,Keith Wilson,Keith Hamilton,Derek Spring,Holger H. Herwig,Herman Wittgens,Ellen Evans,Joseph Baylen,Ulfried Burz,Uri Bialer,Berghahn Books,1571819282,History - Military / War,Military - General,Politics/International Relations
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