48 research outputs found
Allied Propaganda and World War I: Interwar Legacies, Media Studies, and the Politics of War Guilt
This article investigates the consensus, forged in the interwar period, that German atrocities during World War I were a fabrication of Allied propaganda. In light of recent scholarship that suggests such atrocities actually did occur, Gullace examines the emotional and moral stake 20th century scholars have in the image of World War I as an unnecessary conflict, fueled by government mendacity
Memory, Memorials, and the Post-War Literary Experience: Traditional Values and the Legacy of the Great War
Books reviewed:
The Silence of Memory: Armistice Day 1919–1946 . Adrian GregoryBerg, 1994. ISBN 1859730019. £14.95.
Merchants of Hope: British Middlebrow Writers and the First World War 1919. By Rosa Maria BraccoBerg, 1993. ISBN 0854967060. £24.99.
Museums and the First World War: A Social History. By Gaynor Kavanagh, Leicester, 1994. ISBN 071851713X. £45.00