The Great War, Grief, and Memory
Dead Russian Soldier
Bruno Cabanes, Associate Professor of History at Yale, presents a haunting picture of the impact of the unimaginable loss suffered as a result of World War I in a video lecture at AcademicEarth.com. You can access the lecture here.
Mass death was pervasive during the war and many family members struggled to reconcile that loss, often without a body to mourn. He discusses how collective mourning impacted culture particularly in France.
Highly recommend.
Author:
La Victoire Endeuillée: La Sortie de Guerre des Soldats Francais, 1918-1920 (A Victory in Mourning: French Soldiers Coming out of War, 1918-1920)
Co-author
11 Septembre: La Grande Guerre des Américains
Passions Albanaises: De Berisha au Kosovo
Co-editor:
Les societes en guerre, 1911-1946
