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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463884103321

Titolo

Nordic narratives of the second World War : national historiographies revisited / / Henrik Stenius, Mirja Österberg & Johan Östling, eds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lund, Sweden : , : Nordic Academic Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

91-87675-70-6

91-85509-80-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Disciplina

940.53

940.53072

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Scandinavia - Historiography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Nordic Narratives of the Second World War; An Introduction; Chapter 2: Swords, Shields or Collaborators?; Danish Historians and the Debate over the German Occupation of Denmark; Chapter 3: A Separate Story?; Interpretations of Finland in the Second World War; Chapter 4: 'The Beloved War'; The Second World War and the Icelandic National Narrative; Chapter 5: The Solidity of a National Narrative; The German Occupation in Norwegian History Culture; Chapter 6: The Rise and Fall of Small-State Realism; Sweden and the Second World War

Chapter 7: Nordic Foundation Myths after 1945A European Context; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Written by leading Nordic historians, this analysis discusses postwar memory and war historiographies from the perspectives of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden vis-à-vis the Second World War. Focusing on the relationship between scholarly and public understandings of the war, this book presents the overarching themes that set apart the Nordic experience while remaining attentive to the distinctive characteristics of war time in each of the five different countries. A major contribution to the international debate on postwar



memory, this fascinating account speaks to all those who have an interest in the modern European history.