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Lest We Remember

Duncan Taylor · 2024

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Is Britain ashamed of its past, and if not should it be? A dilapidated war memorial in Oxford city centre seems a strange place to begin a search to the answer to these questions but this intriguing book does just that. It takes us from the mountains of Afghanistan to the tropics of Uganda to tell a tale of once city's often surprising links with the British Empire. Uncomfortable questions are raised with the focus as much on those commemorated on the memorial as on those who they came into contact with in the imperial realm. The author weaves a fascinating tale of individual experiences and their wider context which makes us think again about our past and how we remember it.

Book details

Year
2024
Language
English
Publisher
Oxford eBooks Limited
Editions
1
Pages
288
ISBN
9781910779439

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