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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817334603321

Autore

Heathorn Stephen J. <1965-, >

Titolo

Haig and Kitchener in twentieth-century Britain : remembrance, representation and appropriation / / Stephen Heathorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-4094-6609-4

1-317-12412-X

1-315-58607-X

1-317-12411-1

1-299-18426-X

1-4094-6608-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

940.4/1241

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Historiography

Marshals - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Outrage and reverence : wartime and post-war reactions to the death of Kitchener -- Conspiracy and scandal : Kitchener's contested death in the interwar years -- Commemoration and controversy : Haig's funeral and national monument -- "Haigiography" : Haig and his character as a lieu de mémoire -- Bitterness and satire : Kitchener and Haig in visual and material culture -- Conclusion.