Vimy Trap
or, How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
The story of the bloody 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge is, according to many of today's tellings, a heroic founding moment for Canada. This noble, birth-of-a-nation narrative is regularly applied to the Great War in general. Yet this mythical tale is rather new. &quote;Vimyism&quote;- today's official story of glorious, martial patriotism-contrasts sharply with the complex ways in which veterans, artists, clerics, and even politicians who had supported the war interpreted its meaning over the decades. Was the Great War a futile imperial debacle? A proud, nation-building milestone? Contending Great War memories have helped to shape how…
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- ISBN: 978-1-77113-276-3
- EAN: 9781771132763
- Produktnummer: 35587278
- Verlag: Between the Lines
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 392 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'594 KB
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Kingston writer Jamie Swift is the author of numerous books. He works on social justice issues for the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul and lectures at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University.
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