Remembering war: the Great War between memory and history in the twentieth century

Introduction : war, memory, remembrance

Pt. One: War and remembrance. The setting : the Great War in the memory boom of the twentieth century

Shell shock, memory, and identity

Pt. Two: Practices of remembrance. All quiet on the Eastern front : photography and remembrance

War letters : cultural memory and the "Soldiers' Tale" of the Great War

Ironies of war : intellectual styles and responses to the Great War in Britain and France

War memorials : a social agency interpretation

War, migration, and remembrance : Britain and her dominions

Pt. Three: Theaters of memory. Grand illusions : war, film, and collective memory

Between history and memory : television, public history, and historical scholarship

War museums : the historial and historical scholarship

"Witness to a time" : authority, experience, and the two World Wars

Pt. Four: The memory boom and the twentieth century. Controversies and conclusions.