Western Front Miles Stephen Thomas
Western Front Miles Stephen Thomas The Western Front has become, once again, and after 100 years, an important and increasingly popular tourist destination. Interest is also being sharpened in the…
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Western Front Miles Stephen Thomas
The Western Front has become, once again, and after 100 years, an important and increasingly popular tourist destination. Interest is also being sharpened in the 'places of war' as battle-sites, trench-systems, bunkers and mine craters gain a clearer identity as war heritage. The Centenary is already encouraging large numbers of visitors to engage with this highly poignant landscape of war and to commemorate the sacrifice and loss of a previous generation.
The book approaches the area as a rich dynamic landscape which can be viewed in a startling variety of ways: historically, materially, culturally, and perceptually. For the first time this book brings together the three strands of heritage, landscape and tourism to provide a fresh understanding of the multilayered nature of the Western Front. To illustrate these two dominant interpretations of the region's landscape - commemorative