Skip Left Navigation. Toggle navigation Menu. Devoted to scholarship that examines the construction of collective or cultural war memory, the series is international in scope and not limited to any particular conflict.
Steven Trout of the University of Alabama serves as the series editor. Dixie's Great War edited by John M. Giggie and Andrew J. Huebner, is a based on a symposium held at the University of Alabama that explored the Great War as experienced in the American South and by its people. The book includes an introduction featuring a survey of recent literature dealing with regional aspects of WWI and a discussion of the centenary commemorations of the war. From military service to civil rights, and from the home front to the legacy of the conflict, this work provides an engaging and approachable introduction to scholarly discussion of this transformative moment in the Southern history.
Portraits of Remembrance is a collection of essays exploring the vital role played by painting in the visual culture of combatant nations during and following the First World War. The volume features a foreward by Jay Winter and contributions from Great War scholars from across the globe. War and Public Memory is an introduction to key issues in the study of war and memory that examines significant conflicts in twentieth-century Europe through case studies.
In lucid prose, Messenger traces how loss has been carved into the European landscape. This vital study demonstrates that past atrocities continue to shape national identity, while memorials transform war into productive mechanisms of memory. First published in and long out of print, this edition rescues from obscurity a vivid, kaleidoscopic vision of American soldiers, US Marines mostly, serving in a global conflict a century ago.
It is a true forgotten masterpiece of World War I literature. Reissued in the series in a new edition with notes and introduction by Steven Trout, this work can now reach a new audience. A clear and interesting introduction by Steven Trout, pegged for the literate general reader, makes a strong case for the stories as something of an advance over Through the Wheat.
