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Prisoners of History: What Monuments to World War II Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves
By Lowe, Keith
- ISBN
- 9781250235022
- Publisher
- St. Martin's
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Reviewed on November 13, 2020 | Social Sciences
Monuments reflect values at the time they were erected, but, with time, values change. On the 75th anniversary of the close of World War II, Lowe (Savage Continent) looks at several monuments in 16 countries, from the United States and Britain to Russia, Slovenia, Germany, South Korea, China, and Japan. Among the monuments included are statues, shrines, tombs, a whole ghost town, an amusement park, and a continent-wide hiking tra...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
