Nordic Narratives of the Second World War
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Nordic Narratives of the Second World War

National Historiographies Revisited

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Nordic Narratives of the Second World War

National Historiographies Revisited

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1. Nordic Narratives of the Second World War
  7. 2. Swords, Shields or Collaborators?
  8. 3. A Separate Story?
  9. 4. ‘The Beloved War’
  10. 5. The Solidity of a National Narrative
  11. 6. The Rise and Fall of Small-State Realism
  12. 7. Nordic Foundation Myths after 1945
  13. Contributors