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Toward a “two-war legion”: renegotiating First World War memory in the British and American legions, 1938-1946

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This thesis explores the renegotiation of First World War memory in response to the Second in a comparative study of two ex-servicemen’s organisations, the British and American Legions. Through a close reading of two organisational periodicals – the British Legion Journal and the American Legion Magazine – published from 1938 through 1946, this study examines how conceptualisations of duty and service, comradeship, and the social contract that were anchored in the First W...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Societies, Other & Subsidiary Companies
Department:
Kellogg College
Oxford college:
Kellogg College
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Author

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Pembroke College
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Supervisor
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Anne's College
Role:
Supervisor
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford
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uuid:38722872-70bd-4d7b-8406-f51cde3333d5
Deposit date:
2019-02-21

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