History Wars The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past

Name: History Wars The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past
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ISBN: 9780805043877

ISBN-10: 080504387X

ISBN-13: 9780805043877

Edition: Revised

Authors: Tom Engelhardt, Edward T. Linethal, Tom Englehardt, Edward T. Linenthal, Edward T. Linenthal

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From the “taming of the West” to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics. What kind of history Americans should read, see, or fund is no longer merely a matter of professional interest to teachers, historians, and museum curators. Everywhere now, history is increasingly being held hostage, but to what end and why? In History Wars, eight prominent historians consider the angry swirl of emotions that now surrounds public memory. Included are trenchant essays by Paul Boyer, John W. Dower, Tom Engelhardt, Richard H. Kohn, Edward Linenthal, Micahel S. Sherry, Marilyn B. Young, and Mike Wallace.

Book details

List price: $21.99
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 8/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction: History Under Siege




Anatomy of a Controversy




Three Narratives of Our Humanity




Patriotic Orthodoxy and American Decline




Whose History Is It Anyway? Memory, Politics, and Historical Scholarship




History at Risk: The Case of the Enola Gay




Culture War, History Front




Dangerous History: Vietnam and the "Good War"




The Victors and the Vanquished



Notes


The Contributors