Aaron J. Cohen, War Monuments, Public Patriotism, and Bereavement in Russia, 1905-2015

Abstract

In War Monuments, Public Patriotism, and Bereavement in Russia, historian Aaron Cohen embarks on the ambitious task of analyzing Russian war monuments both in Russia and abroad from Russo-Japanese War into the Putin-era. He examines the historical circumstances that led to the rise, fall, and revival of war monuments in Russia, noting those that set the nation apart from European nations. He devotes the majority of the monograph to monuments to the world wars and the Civil War, as he notes th...