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The Dresden Firebombing: Memory and the Politics of Commemorating Destruction
Tony Joel
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Description for The Dresden Firebombing: Memory and the Politics of Commemorating Destruction
Hardback. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 bw integrated, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 626.
The firebombing of Dresden marks the terrible apex of the European bombing war. In just over two days in February 1945, over 1,300 heavy bombers from the RAF and the USAAF dropped nearly 4,000 tonnes of explosives on Dresden's civilian centre.Since the end of World War II, both the death toll and the motivation for the attack have become fierce historical battlegrounds, as German feelings of victimhood complete with those of guilt and loss. The Dresden bombing was used by East Germany as a propaganda tool, and has been re-appropriated by the neo-Nazi far right. Meanwhile the rebuilding of the ... Read more
The firebombing of Dresden marks the terrible apex of the European bombing war. In just over two days in February 1945, over 1,300 heavy bombers from the RAF and the USAAF dropped nearly 4,000 tonnes of explosives on Dresden's civilian centre.Since the end of World War II, both the death toll and the motivation for the attack have become fierce historical battlegrounds, as German feelings of victimhood complete with those of guilt and loss. The Dresden bombing was used by East Germany as a propaganda tool, and has been re-appropriated by the neo-Nazi far right. Meanwhile the rebuilding of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
International Library of Twentieth Century History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780763583
SKU
V9781780763583
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About Tony Joel
Tony Joel is Associate Professor in History in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University, Australia. A former German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship holder, and a founding member of Deakin’s Contemporary Histories Research Group, Tony’s main research interests include the politics of war memory and commemoration and sports history.
Reviews for The Dresden Firebombing: Memory and the Politics of Commemorating Destruction
Tony Joel's in-depth study does much to explain why the fire-bombing of Dresden has come to hold such iconic status. An original interpretation of changing and conflicting memory cultures, this work is also highly readable.!AZ Professor Mary Fulbrook, FBA, Professor of German History and Vice-Dean (Interdisciplinarity), University College London !(R)The literature on the politics of memory in Germany ... Read more