The Politics of War Commemoration in the UK and Russia

This book analyses contemporary war commemoration in Britain and Russia. Focusing on the political aspects of remembrance, it explores the instrumentalisation of memory for managing civil-military relations and garnering public support for conflicts. It explains the nexus between remembrance, militarisation and nationalism in modern societies.

Autorentext

Nataliya Danilova is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. She publishes in civil-military relations, political history of the Soviet Afghan War, international politics, and memory studies. Her first monograph, Armiia i Obshchestvo: Printsypy Vzaimodeistviia (2007), discusses civil-military interactions in the EU and Russia.

Inhalt

1. Memory Politics and the Afterlives of Soldiers 2. Media Commemoration in Britain 3. The Story of the War Memorials 4. Remembrance in Modern Britain: Support the Armed Forces 5. Media Commemoration in Russia 6. War Memorials in Russia 7. Remembering War: Celebrating Russianness 8. From Remembrance to Militarisation