Nordic Narratives Of The Second World War

Author : Henrik Stenius,Mirja Österberg,Johan Östling
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789187675706

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Nordic Narratives of the Second World War by Henrik Stenius,Mirja Österberg,Johan Östling Pdf

Written by leading Nordic historians, this analysis discusses postwar memory and war historiographies from the perspectives of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden vis-à-vis the Second World War. Focusing on the relationship between scholarly and public understandings of the war, this book presents the overarching themes that set apart the Nordic experience while remaining attentive to the distinctive characteristics of war time in each of the five different countries. A major contribution to the international debate on postwar memory, this fascinating account speaks to all those who have an interest in the modern European history.

Author : Mirja Österberg,Henrik Stenius,Johan Östling
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789185509492

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Nordic Narratives of the Second World War by Mirja Österberg,Henrik Stenius,Johan Östling Pdf

How have the dramatic events of the Second World War been viewed in the Nordic countries? In this book leading Nordic historians analyse post-war memory and historiography. They explore the relationship between scholarly and public understandings of the war. How have national interpretations been shaped by official security-policy doctrines? And in what way has the end of the Cold War affected the Nordic narratives? The authors not only present the overarching themes that set the Nordic experience of the Second World War apart from other European narratives, but also describe the distinctive post-war characteristics of Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden. Key concepts such as national identity, memory culture, and the moral turn are placed in their Nordic context. Bringing new nuance to the post-war history of Europe, this is the first work to focus on Nordic narratives of the war, and is valuable reading for students, academics, and all who have an interest in the historiography of the Second World War or modern European history.

Author : Marianne Stecher-Hansen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781805394488

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Nordic War Stories by Marianne Stecher-Hansen Pdf

Situated on Europe’s northern periphery, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden found themselves caught between warring powers during World War II. Ultimately, these nations survived the conflict as sovereign states whose wartime experiences have profoundly shaped their historiography, literature, cinema and memory cultures. Nordic War Stories explores the commonalities and divergences among the five Nordic countries, examining national historiographies alongside representations of the war years in canonical literary works, travel writing, and film media. Together, they comprise a valuable companion that challenges the myth of Scandinavian homogeneity while demonstrating the powerful influence that the war continues to exert on national identities.

Author : Michael Jonas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350046368

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Scandinavia and the Great Powers in the First World War by Michael Jonas Pdf

This study is among the first works in English to comprehensively address the Scandinavian First World War experience in the larger international context of the war. It surveys the complex relationship between the belligerent great powers and Northern Europe's neutral small states in times of crisis and war. The book's overreaching rationale draws upon three underlying conceptual fields: neutrality and international law, hegemony and great power politics as well as diplomacy and policy-making of small states in the international arena. From a variety of angles, it examines the question of how neutrality was understood and perceived, negotiated and dealt with both among the Scandinavian states and the belligerent major powers, especially Britain, Germany and Russia. For a long time, the experience of neutral countries during the First World War was seen as marginal, and was overshadowed by the experiences of occupation and collaboration brought about by the Second World War. In this book, Jonas demonstrates how this perception has changed, with neutrality becoming an integral part of the multiple narratives of the First World War. It is an important contribution to the international history of the First World War, cultural-historically influenced approaches to diplomatic history and the growing area of neutrality studies.

Author : Ville Kivimäki,Peter Leese
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030846633

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Trauma, Experience and Narrative in Europe after World War II by Ville Kivimäki,Peter Leese Pdf

This book promotes a historically and culturally sensitive understanding of trauma during and after World War II. Focusing especially on Eastern and Central Europe, its contributors take a fresh look at the experiences of violence and loss in 1939–45 and their long-term effects in different cultures and societies. The chapters analyze traumatic experiences among soldiers and civilians alike and expand the study of traumatic violence beyond psychiatric discourses and treatments. While acknowledging the problems of applying a present-day medical concept to the past, this book makes a case for a cultural, social and historical study of trauma. Moving the focus of historical trauma studies from World War I to World War II and from Western Europe to the east, it breaks new ground and helps to explain the troublesome politics of memory and trauma in post-1945 Europe all the way to the present day. This book is an outcome of a workshop project ‘Historical Trauma Studies,’ funded by the Joint Committee for the Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) in 2018–20. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Ashley Jackson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000875218

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National Perspectives on the Global Second World War by Ashley Jackson Pdf

This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War’s major belligerents, including colonies, 'lesser' powers, and neutral nation states. The story of the war is often dominated by the experiences, actions, and historical narratives of the major belligerent powers. By focusing on the war history of ten diverse countries, this analysis of the conflict’s global manifestations facilitates greater empathy with the experience of polities and societies dragged into regional and international conflicts. The volume offers valuable insights on the war’s place in national culture and collective memory. National Perspectives on the Global Second World War is an essential contribution to the study of the Second World War and will be of particular interest to scholars of imperial and colonial history, military history, and global history.

Author : Jill Stephenson,John Gilmour
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472504975

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Hitler's Scandinavian Legacy by Jill Stephenson,John Gilmour Pdf

The Scandinavian [Nordic] countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland experienced the effects of the German invasion in April 1940 in very different ways. Collaboration, resistance, and co-belligerency were only some of the short-term consequences. Each country's historiography has undergone enormous changes in the seventy years since the invasion, and this collection by leading historians examines the immediate effects of Hitler's aggression as well as the long-term legacies for each country's self-image and national identity. The Scandinavian countries' war experience fundamentally changed how each nation functioned in the post-war world by altering political structures, the dynamics of their societies, the inter-relationships between the countries and the popular view of the wartime political and social responses to totalitarian threats. Hitler was no respecter of the rights of the Scandinavian nations but he and his associates dealt surprisingly differently with each of them. In the post-war period, this has caused problems of interpretation for political and cultural historians alike. Drawing on the latest research, this volume will be a welcome addition to the comparative histories of Scandinavia and the Second World War.

Author : Marianne Stecher-Hansen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789209624

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Nordic War Stories by Marianne Stecher-Hansen Pdf

Situated on Europe’s northern periphery, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden found themselves caught between warring powers during World War II. Ultimately, these nations survived the conflict as sovereign states whose wartime experiences have profoundly shaped their historiography, literature, cinema and memory cultures. Nordic War Stories explores the commonalities and divergences among the five Nordic countries, examining national historiographies alongside representations of the war years in canonical literary works, travel writing, and film media. Together, they comprise a valuable companion that challenges the myth of Scandinavian homogeneity while demonstrating the powerful influence that the war continues to exert on national identities.

Author : Nikolay Koposov,Nikolaĭ Evgenʹevich Koposov
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108419727

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Memory Laws, Memory Wars by Nikolay Koposov,Nikolaĭ Evgenʹevich Koposov Pdf

A major contribution to our understanding of present-day historical consciousness through a study of memory laws across Europe.

Author : Manuel Bragança,Peter Tame
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003827399

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Memories of the Second World War in Neutral Europe, 1945–2023 by Manuel Bragança,Peter Tame Pdf

This edited volume is a sequel to, and a development of, The Long Aftermath: Cultural Legacies of Europe at War, 1936-2016 (2016). It focuses on the six major European countries and states that remained officially neutral throughout the Second World War, namely Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Vatican. Its transnational, comparative and interdisciplinary approach addresses complex questions pertaining to collective remembrance, national policies and politics, and intellectual as well as cultural responses to neutrality during and after the conflict. The contributions are from a broad range of scholars working across the disciplines of history, literature, film, media, and cultural studies. Their thought-provoking chapters challenge many assumptions about neutrality in the post-war European and global context, thereby filling a gap in the existing scholarship. Common themes that run through the volume include the intertwined and dynamic links between neutrality and moral responsibility during and after the Second World War, the importance of memory politics and popular culture in shaping collective memories, and the impact of the Holocaust in shifting traditional perspectives on neutrality since the 1990s. This volume will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars interested in the field of memory studies, as well as non-specialist readers.

Author : Jochen Thies
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857454638

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Hitler's Plans for Global Domination by Jochen Thies Pdf

What did Hitler really want to achieve: world domination. In the early twenties, Hitler was working on this plan and from 1933 on, was working to make it a reality. During 1940 and 1941, he believed he was close to winning the war. This book not only examines Nazi imperial architecture, armament, and plans to regain colonies but also reveals what Hitler said in moments of truth. The author presents many new sources and information, including Hitler's little known intention to attack New York City with long-range bombers in the days of Pearl Harbor.

Author : Menno Spiering,Michael Wintle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230306943

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European Identity and the Second World War by Menno Spiering,Michael Wintle Pdf

The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by analysing Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War.

Author : Frank Jacob
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000330625

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War and Semiotics by Frank Jacob Pdf

Wars create their own dynamics, especially with regard to images and language. The semiotic and semantic codes are redefined, according to the need to create an enemy image, or in reference to the results of a war that are post-event defined as just or reasonable. The semiotic systems of wars are central to the discussion of the contributions within this volume, which highlight the interrelationship of semiotic systems and their constructions during wars in different periods of history.

Author : Henrik S. Nissen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0816611106

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Scandinavia During the Second World War by Henrik S. Nissen Pdf

Author : S. Muir,H. Worthen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137302656

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Finland's Holocaust by S. Muir,H. Worthen Pdf

Finland's Holocaust considers antisemitism and the figure of the Holocaust in today's Finland. Taking up a range of issues - from cultural history, folklore, and sports, to the interpretation of military and national history - this collection examines how the writing of history has engaged and evaded the figure of the Holocaust.