Lowe, Keith,  1970- <br/><br/>
Prisoners of history :  what monuments to the Second World War tell us about our history and ourselves / 
Keith Lowe. 
 - xxi, 346 pages :  illustrations, maps (black and white) 
<br/><br/>I. Heroes -- Russia : 'The Motherland Calls', Volgograd -- Russia and Poland : 'Four Sleepers' monument, Warsaw -- USA : Marine Corps Memorial, Arlington, Virginia -- UK : Bomber Command Memorial, London -- Italy : Shrine to the Fallen, Bologna -- Coda : the end of heroism -- II. Martyrs -- Netherlands : National Monument, Amsterdam -- China : Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall -- South Korea : Peace Statue, Seoul -- USA and Poland : Katyn Memorial, Jersey City -- Hungary : Monument for the Victims of German Occupation, Budapest -- Poland : Auschwitz -- III. Monsters -- Slovenia : Monument to the Victims of All Wars, Ljubljana -- Japan : Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo -- Italy : Mussolini's tomb, Predappio -- Germany : Hitler's bunker and the Topography of Terror, Berlin -- Lithuania : Statue of Stalin, Grūtas Park -- Coda : the value of monsters -- IV. Apocalypse -- France : Oradour-sur-Glane -- Germany : Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin -- Germany : Monument to the Victims of the Firestorm, Hamburg -- Japan: A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima and Peace Statue, Nagasaki -- V. Rebirth -- United Nations : UN Security Council Chamber Mural, New York -- Israel : Balcony at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem -- UK : Coventry Cathedral and the Cross of Nails -- European Union : Liberation Route Europe. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780008339548 9780008339555 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBC015393  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>019699308  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Monuments.<br/>War memorials--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.5465