Reagan's Boys and the Children of the Greatest Generation: U.S. World War II Memory, 1984 and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9781032088228 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 284 str.

Jonathan M. Bullinger

Opis

U.S. World War II collective memory took on a specific, narrow form beginning in 1984 with President Reagan’s 1984 commemoration of D-Day. The aging children of the soon-to-be-coined "Greatest Generation" soon followed his lead. This is the first book to tell the entire story from 1984 to 2010.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Mnemonic Structure Reagan, Ambrose, Spielberg, and Brokaw Built  1. World War II: Memory, Propaganda, and Nostalgia  2. Reagan and Brokaw in 1984  3. Stephen E. Ambrose and Brokaw’s 1994 D-Day Commemoration  4. 1998: Spielberg’s Film and Brokaw’s Book  5. Remembering World War II, 1999–2010.  Conclusion: The Future of World War II Memory

O autorze

Jonathan M. Bullinger is currently a lecturer at SUNY Geneseo.