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Patton's Shadow
The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory
University of Alabama Press
General George S. Patton’s legendary image was carefully crafted during World War II and continues to shape our understanding of American history and culture today. Historian Nathan C. Jones explores the creation of the Patton legend and its enduring legacy in Patton’s Shadow.
Tattered Kimonos in Japan
Remaking Lives from Memories of World War II
By Robert Rand
University of Alabama Press
Examines Japan’s war generation—Japanese men and women who survived World War Two and rebuilt their lives, into the 21st century, from memories of that conflict
Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials
How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917–1945
University of Alabama Press
Investigates the groundbreaking role American women played in commemorating those who served and sacrificed in World War I
Dixie's Great War
World War I and the American South
University of Alabama Press
Examining the First World War through the lens of the American South
Portraits of Remembrance
Painting, Memory, and the First World War
University of Alabama Press
Interdisciplinary collection of essays on fine art painting as it relates to the First World War and commemoration of the conflict
War and Public Memory
Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Europe
University of Alabama Press
An introduction to key issues in the study of war and memory that examines significant conflicts in twentieth-century Europe
The Battle over Peleliu
Islander, Japanese, and American Memories of War
University of Alabama Press
An ethnographic and historical account of the commercial, cultural, and military encroachment by Japan and the United States on the island nation of Palau
Triumph of the Dead
American World War II Cemeteries, Monuments, and Diplomacy in France
University of Alabama Press
An investigation into the relationship between history, art, architecture, memory, and diplomacy
Points of Honor
Short Stories of the Great War by a US Combat Marine
University of Alabama Press
A masterwork of World War I short stories portraying the experiences of Marines in battle.
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