Description: This groundbreaking study draws from theories of public memory and public diplomacy to demonstrate how conflicting US accounts of German history serve as a window for understanding not only American identity, but international relations and state power.
Brief description: Brian C. Etheridge is professor of history and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Georgia Gwinnett College. A past recipient of the Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, he is a coeditor of The United States and Public Diplomacy: The New International History Meets the New Cultural History.
Review Quotes:
A very impressive piece of scholarship. Etheridge clearly establishes the significance of memory politics, and in a valuable twist to the normally US-centric literature, the book establishes the importance of examining both American and non-American actors.
--Steven Casey, author of Cautious Crusade: Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Public Opinion, and the War against Nazi Germany