LEADER 04109nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910465855203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-00302-3 010 $a9786613823212 010 $a0-520-95425-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520954250 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089554 035 $a(EBL)982928 035 $a(OCoLC)804661971 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720865 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11467345 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720865 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10686458 035 $a(PQKB)11337770 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC982928 035 $a(DE-B1597)520649 035 $a(OCoLC)811390483 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520954250 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL982928 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10589868 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL382321 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089554 100 $a20120402d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow we forgot the Cold War$b[electronic resource] $ea historical journey across America /$fJon Wiener 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-28221-3 311 $a0-520-27141-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tList of Illustrations --$tIntroduction: Forgetting the Cold War --$tPART ONE. THE END --$tPART TWO. THE BEGINNING: 1946-1949 --$tPART THREE. THE 1950's --$tPART FOUR: THE 1960's AND AFTER --$tPART FIVE. ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES --$tConclusion: History, Memory, and the Cold War --$tEpilogue: From the Cold War to the War in Iraq --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aHours after the USSR collapsed in 1991, Congress began making plans to establish the official memory of the Cold War. Conservatives dominated the proceedings, spending millions to portray the conflict as a triumph of good over evil and a defeat of totalitarianism equal in significance to World War II. In this provocative book, historian Jon Wiener visits Cold War monuments, museums, and memorials across the United States to find out how the era is being remembered. The author's journey provides a history of the Cold War, one that turns many conventional notions on their heads. In an engaging travelogue that takes readers to sites such as the life-size recreation of Berlin's "Checkpoint Charlie" at the Reagan Library, the fallout shelter display at the Smithsonian, and exhibits about "Sgt. Elvis," America's most famous Cold War veteran, Wiener discovers that the Cold War isn't being remembered. It's being forgotten. Despite an immense effort, the conservatives' monuments weren't built, their historic sites have few visitors, and many of their museums have now shifted focus to other topics. Proponents of the notion of a heroic "Cold War victory" failed; the public didn't buy the official story. Lively, readable, and well-informed, this book expands current discussions about memory and history, and raises intriguing questions about popular skepticism toward official ideology. 606 $aPolitics and culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCold War$xHistoriography 606 $aCold War$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aCollective memory$zUnited States 606 $aWorld politics$y1945-1989 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitics and culture$xHistory 615 0$aCold War$xHistoriography. 615 0$aCold War$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCollective memory 615 0$aWorld politics 615 0$aConservatism$xHistory 676 $a973.91 700 $aWiener$b Jon$01027482 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465855203321 996 $aHow we forgot the Cold War$92442958 997 $aUNINA