Research Catalog

Title

War and remembrance : the story of the American Battle Monuments Commission / Thomas H. Conner ; foreword by James Scott Wheeler.

Author

Conner, Thomas H., 1950-

Publication

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2018]

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Additional Authors

Wheeler, James Scott

Description

xiv, 334 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates; 24 cm.

Summary

"To remember and honor the memory of the American soldiers who fought and died in foreign wars during the past hundred years, the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) was established. Since the agency was founded in 1923, its sole purpose has been to commemorate the soldiers' service and the causes for which their lives were given. The twenty-five overseas cemeteries honoring 139,000 combat dead and the memorials honoring the 60,314 fallen soldiers with no known graves are among the most beautiful and meticulously maintained shrines in the world. In the first comprehensive study of the ABMC, Thomas H. Conner traces how the agency came to be created by Congress in the aftermath of World War I, how the cemeteries and monuments the agency built were designed and their locations chosen, and how the commemorative sites have become important "outposts of remembrance" on foreign soil. War and Remembrance powerfully demonstrates that these monuments--living sites that embody the role Americans played in the defense of freedom far from their own shores--assist in understanding the interconnections of memory and history and serve as an inspiration to later generations"--

Series Statement

AUSA books

Uniform Title

AUSA Institute of Land Warfare book.

Subject

• American Battle Monuments Commission > History
• War memorials > Conservation and restoration > Europe
• National cemeteries, American > Europe

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : the agency and its mission -- Remembrance begins, 1919-1923 : from the end of the Great War to the creation of the American Battle Monuments Commission -- The new commission goes to work, 1923-1938 : organizing and implementing the nation's overseas commemorative program -- Building the American memorials in Europe, 1925-1933 -- The completion of the ABMC's original mission and looking toward an uncertain future, 1937-1938 -- The American Battle Monuments Commission and World War II, 1939-1945 -- Reopening the European office and new leadership for a renewed mission, 1944-1948 -- Building the World War II memorials, 1945-1960 -- Conclusion : the ABMC story goes on, 1960-present.

ISBN

• 9780813176314
• 081317631X
• 9780813176338 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780813176321 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2018027372
• 40028508777

OCLC

• on1034601186
• 1034601186
• SCSB-9159559

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries