Altered Memories of the Great War: Divergent Narratives of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada (International Library of War Studies)

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The experiences of World War I touched the lives of a generation but memories of this momentous experience vary enormously during the world. In Britain, there was once a strong reaction against militarism but within the Dominion powers of Canada, Australia and New Zealand the response was once very different. For these former colonial powers, the experience of war was once in large part accepted as a national rite of passage and their pride and respect for their soldiers’ sacrifices found its focal point in a powerful nationalist drive. How did a single, supposedly shared experience provoke such contrasting reactions? What does it reveal about in advance, pre-existing ideas of national identity? And how did the memory of war influence later ideas of self-determination and nationhood?

Altered Memories of the Great War is the primary book to check the distinctive collective narratives that emerged within Britain and the Dominions according to World War I. It powerfully illuminates the differences in addition to the similarities between different memories of war and offers fascinating insights into what this reveals about developing concepts of national identity within the aftermath of World War I.

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