Remembrance today [[electronic resource] ] : poppies, grief and heroism / / Ted Harrison

• Autore: Harrison Ted
• Pubblicazione: London, : Reaktion Books, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4
• Soggetto topico: War and society; Memorial rites and ceremonies; Collective memory
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Remembrance Today Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1.The Mists and Myths of War; 2. Lest We Forget; 3. The Remembrance Debate; 4. The Season of the Dead; 5. The Realities of War; 6. The Reasons for War; 7. The Poppy, Then and Now; 8. A History of the Hero; 9. Remembrance in the Twenty-first Century; Postscript: Some Practical Changes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Each November, Americans celebrate Veterans Day, a holiday that honors our armed services and that marks the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I. Veterans Day roughly coincides with Remembrance Day in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, where millions of people wear poppies-a flower that bloomed across the battlefields of Flanders and became emblematic of the war-and observe a period of silence at war memorials. For many countries around the world, this day is meant to thank those who give their lives to defend liberty and freedom, but as Ted Harrison
• Titolo autorizzato: Remembrance today
• ISBN: 1-78023-052-4; 1-299-19121-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779582403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II