The last word? : essays on official history in the United States and British Commonwealth / edited by Jeffrey Grey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grey, Jeffrey.

Series:

Contributions to the study of world history 0885-9159 ; no. 106.

Contributions to the study of world history, 0885-9159 ; no. 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Commonwealth countries.

World War, 1939-1945--Historiography.

Historiography.

United States--Historiography.

United States.

Commonwealth countries--Historiography.

Commonwealth countries.

Physical Description:

xiii, 177 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Contents:

Part I National Traditions

1. Canadian Official Military History: The End of an Era? / S. F. Wise 3

2. Contested Histories: Official History and the South African Military in the Twentieth Century / Ian van der Waag 27

3. 'Something of Them Is Here Recorded': Official History in New Zealand / Ian McGibbon 53

4. Continuity and Change in the Australian Official History Tradition / Peter Edwards 69

Part II Aspects of Official Histories of the Second World War

5. Change Becomes Continuity: The Start of the U.S. Army's 'Green Book' Series / Edward J. Drea 83

6. Gavin Long and History at the Australian War Memorial / Peter Stanley 105

7. Exploiting Enemy Records: The Enemy Documentation Section and the Official Histories of the Second World War / Jeffrey Grey 117

8. British Official Histories of the Air War / Christina J. M. Goulter 133

9. Setting the Historical Agenda: Webster and Frankland and the Debate over the Strategic Bombing Offensive against Germany, 1939-1945 / Sebastian Cox 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0313310831

OCLC:

52381323