'Books like 'War and Memory', which take history seriously but do not leave it to the historians, are an important step forward.'Christopher Hill, Modern and Contemporary France'An absorbing look at the way in which images and memories of war have emerged and endured during this century ...Instructive, informative and undoubtedly sad. A thought-provoking work.'Ships Telegraph'A welcome addition to the growing number of books which consider the wider social, cultural and political implications of warfare in the twentieth century.'Stephen Croad, Independent Member of the National War Memorials Inventory Committee'The collection is to be commended for the high quality of its contribution which provide persuasive evidence of how the memory of past conflict infiltrates and colours present culture. [It] deserves to become an edited collection to which scholars and students turn for well balanced and stimulating essays on the continuing dialogue between history and memory in c