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Haig and Kitchener in twentieth-century Britain : remembrance, representation and appropriation / Stephen Heathorn.
Van Pelt Library DA68.32.K6 H43 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heathorn, Stephen J., 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl, 1850-1916.
- Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener.
- Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928.
- Haig, Douglas Haig.
- World War, 1914-1918--Historiography.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Historiography.
- Marshals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Marshals.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, UK : Ashgate, [2013]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Outrage and reverence : wartime and post-war reactions to the death of Kitchener
- Conspiracy and scandal : Kitchener's contested death in the interwar years
- Commemoration and controversy : Haig's funeral and national monument
- "Haigiography" : Haig and his character as a lieu de mémoire
- Bitterness and satire : Kitchener and Haig in visual and material culture
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780754669654
- 0754669653
- 9781409466086
- 1409466086
- 1409466094
- 9781409466093
- OCLC:
- 812070845
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