Politics of forgetting : New Zealand, Greece and Britain at war / / Martyn Brown

• Autore: Brown Martyn (Martyn David)
• Pubblicazione: North Melbourne, Vic : , : Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, , [2019]; ©2019
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (430 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.5409495
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Greece
• Soggetto geografico: Greece History 20th century; Greece Foreign relations New Zealand; New Zealand Foreign relations Greece; Greece Foreign relations Great Britain; Great Britain Foreign relations Greece
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [286]-403) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The 'Puzzle' -- Two Countries a World Apart -- Giving Meaning to the Losses of 1941 -- After Crete: Soldiering, Mutiny and Secret Operations -- Humanitarianism and Retribution -- Taking Sides -- Reality versus Remembering
• Sommario/riassunto: Greece was a poor country in turmoil and pain during the 1940s. A military dictatorship was followed by invasion and terrifying occupation by Germany and its allies, starvation, civil war, political unrest and mutiny in its free military armed forces. New Zealand entered this arena and found a bond with a people that it still celebrates to this day. Absent is the complex, divisive and sometimes violent and surreal relationship between the two countries and the inescapable influence of Britain. Their story stretches from the mountains and open country of Greece and Crete to Middle East deserts, autumn-swept plains of Italy, and the blood-splattered streets of post-liberated Athens. Ironically New Zealand has forgotten the unpalatable but also sacrificed something that would have enhanced its own national storytelling about the war.
• Titolo autorizzato: Politics of forgetting
• ISBN: 9781922952257; 9781925801682
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823872003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II