Destruction of Memory
Architecture at War
1st Edition
Published on 31. January 2003
240 pages
978-1-86189-638-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this passionate and original book, Robert Bevan investigates the ways in which a combatant may try to exterminate an 'enemy' not just by slaughter but by obliterating its culture . . . He writes with powerful eloquence.' - Neil Ascherson, author of Black Sea and Stone Voices
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Content
- Destruction of Memory Cover
- Imprint page
- Contents
- 1 Introduction:The Enemies of Architecture and Memory
- 2 Cultural Cleansing: Who Remembers the Armenians?
- 3 Terror: Morale, Messages and Propaganda
- 4 Conquest and Revolution
- 5 Fences and Neighbours: The Destructive Consequences of Partition
- 6 Remember and Warn I: Rebuilding and Commemoration
- 7 Remember and Warn II: Protection and Prosecution
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Photographic Acknowledgements
- Index
