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Their Last Battle : The Fight for the National World War II Memorial by Nicolaus Mills (2004, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100465045820
ISBN-139780465045822
eBay Product ID (ePID)30221461
Product Key Features
Book TitleTheir Last Battle : the Fight for the National World War II Memorial
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicMilitary / General, Modern / General
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorNicolaus Mills
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight21.6 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-025543
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal940.54/6573
SynopsisOn Memorial Day weekend in 2004, the National World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington will officially open to the public. What began as a casual conversation between a Congresswoman and one of her constituents in 1987 grew into a struggle that lasted more than four times longer than it took America to fight the war itself. Its rocky progress to completion is a compelling story about how America chooses to memorialize its past and how we view World War II.Nicolaus Mills recounts the development of the Washington Mall, from its time as swampland to Southern outrage over the Lincoln Memorial to Maya Lin's controversial Vietnam Veterans' Memorial. The World War II Memorial would prove just as controversial; it took the support of WW II vet Bob Dole and actor Tom Hanks to overrule the strong objections of interest groups, self-appointed art critics, and others.In Their Last Battle , a story vividly narrated through interviews with politicians and vets, architects and citizens, Mills discovers what a public monument can tell us about America and the values it honors., The definitive story of the fifteen-year odyssey behind the construction of the National WW II Memorial on the Washington Mall, and what it tells us about how America memorializes its history
LC Classification NumberD836.W37M55 2004
