War Damage in Western Europe : : The Destruction of Historic Monuments During the Second World War /

War Damage in Western Europe : : The Destruction of Historic Monuments During the Second World War / / Nicola Lambourne.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748612857);Wartime architectural damage is an area which has until now been subject more to a process of mythologization than to historical analysis - for most it means only Coventry, Dresden, and perhaps Bomber Harris. This fascinating new book attempts t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Lambourne, Nicola,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2001
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Societies at War : SOWA
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on the map, place names and translations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Precedents and Laws - War Damage to Historic Monuments 1870-1939
  • 2. A Short Second World War History of Architecture
  • 3. Propaganda on Damaged Monuments - Morale and Guilt
  • 4. Calculated Frightfulness
  • 5. European Ruins and Reconstruction
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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