Clio's Warriors: Canadian Historians and the Writing of the World Wars Contributor(s): Cook, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774812567 ISBN-13: 9780774812566 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2006 Annotation: By analyzing where the profession has come from and where it needs to go, Clio's Warriors plays a vital role in the ongoing challenge of writing critical history. Tim Cook elucidates the role of historians in codifying the sacrifice and struggle of a generation as he discusses historical memory and writing, the creation of archives, and the war of reputations that followed each of the world wars. Click for more in this series: Studies in Canadian Military History |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Canada |
Dewey: 940.412 |
Age Level: 22-UP |
Grade Level: 17-UP |
Series: Studies in Canadian Military History |
Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.41" W x 9.29" L (1.41 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
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Publisher Description: Clio's Warriors examines how the Canadian world war experience has been constructed and reconstructed over time. Tim Cook elucidates the role of historians in codifying the sacrifice and struggle of a generation as he discusses historical memory and writing, the creation of archives, and the war of reputations that followed each of the world wars on the battlefield. Only recently have military historians pushed the discipline to explore the impact of war on society. In analyzing where the practice of academic military history has come from and where it needs to go, Clio's Warriors plays a vital role in the ongoing challenge of writing critical history. |
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