Confronting Memories of World War II

"Wars evoke powerful emotions: grief and pride, humiliation and honor, outrage and exultation. As this excellent volume reveals, such feelings can come to form essential parts of national mythologies, and this has been especially so in the case of World War II."—Foreign Affairs

"A forceful and timely warning about the dangers of leaving problematic memory legacies unresolved."—Albert J. Schmidt, Michigan War Studies Review

"[R]efreshingly evenhanded....Even those who have studied these issues extensively will find new ideas in this publication."—Ivo Plsek, Pacific Affairs

"This truly 'international' edited volume on the issues of war, memory, and national identity explores how memories about wartime experiences—including criminality, collaboration and reconciliation—are shaped and reshaped, connected to questions of national identity, and used for domestic and international political purposes."—Patricia L. Maclachlan, University of Texas, Austin