ID - 147912998 TI - Histories of the aftermath : the legacies of the Second World War in Europe AU - Biess, Frank AU - Moeller, Robert G. PY - 2010 SN - 9781845459987 1845459989 PB - New York : Berghahn Books, DB - UniCat KW - History KW - Reconstruction (1939-1951) KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Collective memory KW - Memory KW - Group identity KW - Citizenship KW - Military art and science KW - Influence. KW - Social aspects KW - Motion pictures and the war. KW - Europe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:147912998 AB - In 1945, Europeans confronted a legacy of mass destruction and death: millions of families had lost their homes and livelihoods; millions of men in uniform had lost their lives; and millions more had been displaced by the war's destruction, and the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime. From a range of methodological historical perspectives--military, cultural, and social, to film and gender and sexuality studies--this volume explores how Europeans came to terms with these multiple pasts. With a focus on distinctive national experiences in both Eastern and Western Europe, it illuminates how postwar stabilization coexisted with persistent insecurities, injuries, and trauma. ER -