The Lloyd George "War Memoirs": A Study in the Politics of Memory

@article{Egerton1988TheLG,
  title={The Lloyd George "War Memoirs": A Study in the Politics of Memory},
  author={G. Egerton},
  journal={The Journal of Modern History},
  year={1988},
  volume={60},
  pages={55 - 94}
}
  • G. Egerton
  • Published 1988
  • Sociology
  • The Journal of Modern History
    • Political leaders' aspirations to record and vindicate their careers in memoir literature seem ubiquitous in modern political cultures, as does the public's desire to consume this form of history. While the instinct of selfjustification has been a driving force throughout human historynot least for politicians only a select few leaders from antiquityS like Caesar, left personal records of their deeds for posterity. Only with the dawn of the early modern era in Western political culture would… CONTINUE READING
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