Author: American Battle Monuments Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : War memorials
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Annual Report of the American Battle Monuments Commission, Fiscal Year 1979
Author: American Battle Monuments Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : War memorials
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : War memorials
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Annual Report of the American Battle Monuments Commission, Fiscal Year ...
Author: American Battle Monuments Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Annual Report of the American Battle Monuments Commission, Fiscal Year 1978
Author: American Battle Monuments Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : War memorials
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : War memorials
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Annual Report of the American Battle Monuments Commission to the President of the United States
Author: American Battle Monuments Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Publisher:
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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Annual Report of the American Battle Monuments Commission, Fiscal Year 1977
Author: American Battle Monuments Commission
Publisher:
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Category : War memorials
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Publisher:
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Category : War memorials
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1320
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ISBN:
Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1320
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
D-Day Remembered
Author: Michael Dolski
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1621902188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
D-Day, the Allied invasion of northwestern France in June 1944, has remained in the forefront of American memories of the Second World War to this day. Depictions in books, news stories, documentaries, museums, monuments, memorial celebrations, speeches, games, and Hollywood spectaculars have overwhelmingly romanticized the assault as an event in which citizen-soldiers—the everyday heroes of democracy—engaged evil foes in a decisive clash fought for liberty, national redemption, and world salvation. In D-Day Remembered, Michael R. Dolski explores the evolution of American D-Day tales over the course of the past seven decades. He shows the ways in which that particular episode came to overshadow so many others in portraying the twentieth century’s most devastating cataclysm as “the Good War.” With depth and insight, he analyzes how depictions in various media, such as the popular histories of Stephen Ambrose and films like The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan, have time and again reaffirmed cherished American notions of democracy, fair play, moral order, and the militant, yet non-militaristic, use of power for divinely sanctioned purposes. Only during the Vietnam era, when Americans had to confront an especially stark challenge to their pietistic sense of nationhood, did memories of D-Day momentarily fade. They soon reemerged, however, as the country sought to move beyond the lamentable conflict in Southeast Asia. Even as portrayals of D-Day have gone from sanitized early versions to more realistic acknowledgments of tactical mistakes and the horrific costs of the battle, the overarching story continues to be, for many, a powerful reminder of moral rectitude, military skill, and world mission. While the time to historicize this morality tale more fully and honestly has long since come, Dolski observes, the lingering positive connotations of D-Day indicate that the story is not yet finished.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1621902188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
D-Day, the Allied invasion of northwestern France in June 1944, has remained in the forefront of American memories of the Second World War to this day. Depictions in books, news stories, documentaries, museums, monuments, memorial celebrations, speeches, games, and Hollywood spectaculars have overwhelmingly romanticized the assault as an event in which citizen-soldiers—the everyday heroes of democracy—engaged evil foes in a decisive clash fought for liberty, national redemption, and world salvation. In D-Day Remembered, Michael R. Dolski explores the evolution of American D-Day tales over the course of the past seven decades. He shows the ways in which that particular episode came to overshadow so many others in portraying the twentieth century’s most devastating cataclysm as “the Good War.” With depth and insight, he analyzes how depictions in various media, such as the popular histories of Stephen Ambrose and films like The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan, have time and again reaffirmed cherished American notions of democracy, fair play, moral order, and the militant, yet non-militaristic, use of power for divinely sanctioned purposes. Only during the Vietnam era, when Americans had to confront an especially stark challenge to their pietistic sense of nationhood, did memories of D-Day momentarily fade. They soon reemerged, however, as the country sought to move beyond the lamentable conflict in Southeast Asia. Even as portrayals of D-Day have gone from sanitized early versions to more realistic acknowledgments of tactical mistakes and the horrific costs of the battle, the overarching story continues to be, for many, a powerful reminder of moral rectitude, military skill, and world mission. While the time to historicize this morality tale more fully and honestly has long since come, Dolski observes, the lingering positive connotations of D-Day indicate that the story is not yet finished.
Annual report. The location of new Federal offices and other facilities
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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