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Renegotiating First World War Memory: The British and American Legions, 1938–1946 book cover

1st Edition

Renegotiating First World War Memory The British and American Legions, 1938–1946

By Ashley Garber Copyright 2021
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge
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First World War-based ex-servicemen’s organisations found themselves facing an existential crisis with the onset of the Second World War. This book examines how two such groups, the British and American Legions, adapted cognitively to the emergence of yet another world war and its veterans in the years 1938 through 1946. With collective identities and socio-political programmes based in First... Read more

Introduction

Part 1

1. "Do Everything Possible to Keep the Peace": Veterans’ Duty in the British Legion, 1938–1939

2. "There Is a Great Deal We Can Do About America": Veterans’ Duty in the American Legion, 1938–1941

Part 1 Conclusion: Veterans’ Duty and Service: Comparing the British and American Legions

Part 2

3. "A New Legion … of Millions": Trans-Generational Comradeship in the British Legion, 1939–1941

4. Toward a "Two-War Legion": Trans-Generational Comradeship in the American Legion, 1942–1944

Part 2 Conclusion: Trans-Generational Comradeship: Comparing the British and American Legions

Part 3

5. "Never Again": The Social Contract and Post-War Planning in the British Legion, 1940–1946

6. "What Will We Win?": The Social Contract and Post-War Planning in the American Legion, 1944–1946

Part 3 Conclusion: The Social Contract and Post-War Planning: Comparing the British and American Legions

Conclusion

Biography

Ashley Garber teaches history and works as an independent scholar in London. She earned her DPhil in history from the University of Oxford in 2019.

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