How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey Across America Hardcover - 2012
by Jon Wiener
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"Here's a book that would've split the sides of Thucydides. Wiener's magical mystery tour of Cold War museums is simultaneously hilarious and the best thing ever written on public history and its contestation." --Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz
"Jon Wiener, an astute observer of how history is perceived by the general public, shows us how official efforts to shape popular memory of the Cold War have failed. His journey across America to visit exhibits, monuments, and other historical sites, demonstrates how quickly the Cold War has faded from popular consciousness. A fascinating and entertaining book." --Eric Foner, author of Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
"In How We Forgot the Cold War, Jon Wiener shows how conservatives tried--and failed--to commemorate the Cold War as a noble victory over the global forces of tyranny, a 'good war' akin to World War II. Displaying splendid skills as a reporter in addition to his discerning eye as a scholar, this historian's travelogue convincingly shows how the right sought to extend its preferred policy of 'rollback' to the arena of public memory. In a country where historical memory has become an obsession, Wiener's ability to document the ambiguities and absences in these commemorations is an unusual accomplishment." --Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
"In this terrific piece of scholarly journalism, Jon Wiener imaginatively combines scholarship on the Cold War, contemporary journalism, and his own observations of various sites commemorating the era to describe both what they contain and, just as importantly, what they do not. By interrogating the standard conservative brand of American triumphalism, Wiener offers an interpretation of the Cold War that emphasizes just how unnecessary the conflict was and how deleterious its aftereffects have really been."--Ellen Schrecker, author of Many Are The Crimes: McCarthyism in America
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- Title How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey Across America
- Author Jon Wiener
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
- Date 2012-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780520271418 / 0520271416
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.3 x 1.2 in (23.50 x 16.00 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Library of Congress subjects Conservatism - United States - History -, United States - Intellectual life - 20th
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012011669
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.91
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- New York Times Book Review, 12/02/2012, Page 41
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