Prisoners of History : What Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves

Name: Prisoners of History : What Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers

HarperCollins Publishers

A Spectator Book of the Year 2020A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year 2020\u2018Inspired \u2026 Lowe\u2019s sensitive, disturbing book should be compulsory reading for both statue builders and statue topplers\u2019 MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMESWhat happens when our values change, but what we have set in stone does not?Humankind has always had the urge to memorialise, to make physical testaments to the past. There\u2019s just one problem: when we carve a statue or put up a monument, it can wind up holding us hostage to bad history.In this extraordinary history book, Keith Lowe uses monuments from around the world to show how different countries have attempted to sculpt their history in the wake of the Second World War, and what these memorials reveal about their politics and\n\nPrisoners of History\nWhat Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with ;