Main entry:

Bevan, Robert (Journalist), author.

Title & Author:

The destruction of memory : architecture at war / Robert Bevan.

Edition:

Second expanded edition.

Publication:

London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2016.
©2016

Description:

303 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:
Previous edition: 2006; paperback edition: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface to the second edition -- Introduction : the enemies of architecture and memory -- Cultural cleansing : who remembers the Armenians? -- Terror : morale, messages, and propaganda -- Conquest and revolution -- Fences and neighbours : the destructive consequences of partition -- Remember and warn I : rebuilding and commemoration -- Remember and warn II : protection and prosecution.

Summary:

"The destruction of Nimrud and Palmyra, crumbled shells of mosques in Iraq, the fall of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11: when architectural totems such as these are destroyed by conflicts and the ravages of war, more than mere buildings are at stake. The Destruction of Memory, now with a new preface, argues that such destruction not only shatters a nation's culture and morale but is a deliberate act of eradicating a culture's memory and, ultimately, its existence. A film of the same name based on the book will be released in early 2016."-- Publisher's website.
Robert Bevan examines the effects of conflict upon architecture and argues that the deliberate destruction of built artefacts, by terrorists or an invading army, can be seen as an attack on the culture of a nation itself.

ISBN:

9781780235974 (pbk.)
1780235976 (pbk.)

Subject:

Buildings War damage.
Pillage Psychological aspects.
War and society.
Culture conflict.
Historic buildings.
Architecture and history.
Culture shock.
Dommages de guerre.
Pillage Aspect psychologique.
Guerre et société.
Conflit culturel.
Architecture et histoire.
Terrorism
Politics and Government.

Added entries:

Architecture at war

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295800
Call No.: BIB 242195
Status: Available