The Rhetoric of Civil–Military Relations in Contemporary Armed Forces Museums
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Duncan Clarke (0000-0001-8509-3194, Cardiff University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 80-99 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17526272.2021.1878321 |
| OpenAlex | W3128620076 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article undertakes a rhetorical analysis of two European armed forces museums (the National Army Museum in London and the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden) in order to show how such institutions provide a space for the negotiation of civil–military relations in ‘post-military’ societies. It argues that both museums construct a world of military professionalism that shields the soldier from potential criticism in the context of contemporary armed conflicts, while encouraging the civilian visitor as democratic citizen to accept their responsibility for the deployment of the armed forces as a matter of policy. The article nevertheless highlights differences in the depiction of soldiers and of warfare in general in both museums, which in turn point to differences in the discourse of war in the UK and Germany
Context (archaeology · Media studies · Military justice · Military science · Political science · Rhetoric · Sociology · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Military History and Strategy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
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Mediating Memory in the Museum
Heritage Site Perceptions and Motivations to Visit
The Elephant in the Room
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A companion to cultural memory studies
The Military History Museum in Dresden
War in the Museum
Working with the National Army Museum
Unthinking remembrance? Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red and the significance of centenaries
Places of Public Memory
Encountering Affect
The soldier and the state
Towards a new German military identity? Change and continuity of military representations of self and other(s) in Germany
Fascism and its Afterlife in Architecture
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |