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Keith Lowe’s “Prisoners of History” examines how different countries’ statues and museums about the war resonate today.
Keith Lowe’s “Prisoners of History” examines how different countries’ statues and museums about the war resonate today.
“Prisoners of History: What Monuments to World II Tell us About our History and Ourselves” by Keith Lowe; William Collins (302 pages, $29.99) ––– A pedestal is a risky place to take a stand. In America, official tributes to leaders from Robert E. Lee to Abraham Lincoln have been destroyed or defaced. In Europe, memorials to Communist dictators have been torn down. In the Middle East, even ...