Lest We Remember
What Oxford's War Memorial Tells Us about the British Empire and Why That Matters
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL57612152M
- ISBN-139781910779439
Description
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.
First Sentence
It is a bleak November day.
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