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Higbee, Douglas - Practical Memory: Organized Veterans and the Politics of Commemoration

Keywords:

British veterans' movement | civilian life | commemoration | non-veterans | organized veterans | political programs | public memory

ISFWWS-Keywords:

Britain | Legacy | Politics | Society | Soldiers and Combat | Economy | Masculinity | Home fronts | Culture

Abstract:

This chapter pursues two inter-related points in its discussion of the often conflicted relations between veterans, non-veterans, and the state over the modes of commemoration: first,…