Nordic War Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nordic War Stories write by Marianne Stecher-Hansen. This book was released on 2021-02-03. Nordic War Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Situated on Europe’s northern periphery, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden found themselves caught between warring powers during World War II. Ultimately, these nations survived the conflict as sovereign states whose wartime experiences have profoundly shaped their historiography, literature, cinema and memory cultures. Nordic War Stories explores the commonalities and divergences among the five Nordic countries, examining national historiographies alongside representations of the war years in canonical literary works, travel writing, and film media. Together, they comprise a valuable companion that challenges the myth of Scandinavian homogeneity while demonstrating the powerful influence that the war continues to exert on national identities.
Nordic War Stories
Nordic War Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nordic War Stories write by Marianne Stecher-Hansen. This book was released on 2021-02-03. Nordic War Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Situated on Europe’s northern periphery, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden found themselves caught between warring powers during World War II. Ultimately, these nations survived the conflict as sovereign states whose wartime experiences have profoundly shaped their historiography, literature, cinema and memory cultures. Nordic War Stories explores the commonalities and divergences among the five Nordic countries, examining national historiographies alongside representations of the war years in canonical literary works, travel writing, and film media. Together, they comprise a valuable companion that challenges the myth of Scandinavian homogeneity while demonstrating the powerful influence that the war continues to exert on national identities.
Nordic Narratives of the Second World War
Nordic Narratives of the Second World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nordic Narratives of the Second World War write by Mirja Österberg. This book was released on 2011-01-01. Nordic Narratives of the Second World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How have the dramatic events of the Second World War been viewed in the Nordic countries? In this book leading Nordic historians analyse post-war memory and historiography. They explore the relationship between scholarly and public understandings of the war. How have national interpretations been shaped by official security-policy doctrines? And in what way has the end of the Cold War affected the Nordic narratives? The authors not only present the overarching themes that set the Nordic experience of the Second World War apart from other European narratives, but also describe the distinctive post-war characteristics of Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden. Key concepts such as national identity, memory culture, and the moral turn are placed in their Nordic context. Bringing new nuance to the post-war history of Europe, this is the first work to focus on Nordic narratives of the war, and is valuable reading for students, academics, and all who have an interest in the historiography of the Second World War or modern European history.
Vikings at War
Vikings at War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vikings at War write by Kim Hjardar. This book was released on 2016-11-22. Vikings at War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An illustrated guide to Viking warfare from strategy and weapons to culture and tradition: “a very excellent introduction to the Viking age as a whole” (Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings). From the time when sailing was first introduced to Scandinavia, Vikings reached virtually every corner of Europe and even America with their raids and conquests. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounters between cultures also brought immense change to both European and Nordic societies. In Vikings at War, historian Kim Hjardar presents a comprehensive overview of Viking weapons technology, military traditions and tactics, offensive and defensive strategies, fortifications, ships, and command structure. The most crucial element of the Viking’s success was their strategy of arriving by sea, attacking with great force, and withdrawing quickly. In their militarized society, honor was everything, and ruining one’s posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. Vikings at War features more than 380 color illustrations, including beautiful reconstruction drawings, maps, cross-section drawings of ships, line-drawings of fortifications, battle plan reconstructions, and photos of surviving artifacts, including weapons and jewelry. Winner of Norway’s Saga Prize, Vikings at War is now available in English with this new translation. “A magnificent piece of work [that] I’d recommend to anyone with an interest in the Viking period.” —Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings
Nordic Warriors
Nordic Warriors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nordic Warriors write by Richard Landwehr. This book was released on 1999. Nordic Warriors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A historian and a Dane shocked to learn that his father had fought with the Germans in World War II pair up to tell the story of Scandinavian volunteers who fought the Soviet army. Appends award and decoration recipients, the command roster, orders of battle, Waffen-SS ranks, badges and insignias, and the publisher's translation policy. Includes bandw photos of personnel and documents. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
