Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning

Reviews / Votes

'From now on this book will be indispensable to our understanding of the Great War. The most recent scholarship has been taken into account, but, above all, Jay Winter gives us crucial new insights into the war's meaning from the process of mourning for the fallen to apocalyptic literature.' George L. Mosse, University of Wisconsin, Madison and author of Fallen Soldiers 'Jay Winter has enlarged the frame of cultural history and enriched its texture. He transforms our understanding of World War One as a cataclysmic event in the experience of European peoples.' Kenneth S. Inglis, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University 'This is a profound and moving book, thoroughly to be recommended.' Stephen Croad, Despatches ' ... a profoundly moving book ... It is strongly recommended for anyone interested in cultural history and, in particular, in the ways in which individuals and communities respond to the experience of universal grief and mourning and try to find meaning and comfort, if not peace'. Otago Daily Times 'No one interested in the broad impact of the First World War, or of the cultural history of the twentieth century, can afford to neglect this book.' The Times Literary Supplement