{"product_id":"the-destruction-of-memory-architecture-at-war-9781861893192","title":"The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War","description":"\u003cp\u003eA decimated Shiite shrine in Iraq. The smoking World Trade Center site. The scorched cityscape of 1945 Dresden. Among the most indelible scars left by war is the destroyed landscapes  and such architectural devastation damages far more than mere buildings. Robert Bevan argues herethat shattered buildings are not merely collateral damage  but rather calculated acts of cultural annihilation. From Hitlers Kristallnacht to the toppling of Saddam Husseins statue in the Iraq War  Bevan deftly sifts through military campaigns and their tactics throughout history  and analyzes the cultural impact and catastrophic consequences of architectural destruction. For Bevan  these actions are nothing less than cultural genocide. Ultimately  Bevan forcefully argues for the prosecution of nations that purposely flout established international treaties against destroyed architecture. A passionate and thought-provoking cri de coeur  The Destruction of Memory raises questions about the costs of war that run deeper than blood and money. The idea of a global inheritance seems to have fallen by the wayside and lessons that should have long ago been learned are still being recklessly disregarded. This is what makes Bevans book relevant  even urgent: much of the destruction of which it speaks is still under way.Financial Times Magazine  The message of Robert Bevans devastating book is that war is about killing cultures  identities and memories as much as it is about killing people and occupying territory.Sunday Times  As Bevans fascinating  melancholy book shows  symbolic buildings have long been targeted in and out of war as a particular kind of mnemonic violence against those to whom they are special.The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953243119669,"sku":"ByrdShop_1861893191","price":25.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781861893192.jpg?v=1788182727","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-destruction-of-memory-architecture-at-war-9781861893192","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}