Books of Interest

By Nicholas Philpot
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Their Name Liveth, 
                          6 vols., 1954-68 (Fine B & W photos, with short 
                                             text, of cemeteries of both World Wars)


Longworth, Philip: The Unending Vigil, 1967 
                                                                    (A history of the CWGC)                                                                           


Gibson, E & Ward, GK: Courage Remembered, 1995 
             (Construction & maintenance of Commonwealth
                                                                   cemeteries & memorials)


Boorman, Derek: For Your Tomorrow, 1995 (A useful, illustrated
                             survey of the wide variety of memorials in Britain)


Borg, Alan: War Memorials, 1991 (A scholarly introduction to the
                                                                                               subject)


Curl, James S: Death & Celebration, 2002 (contains a discussion of 
                        memorials & cemeteries in France, Germany & Italy)


Holt, Dean W: American Military Cemeteries, 1992 (includes a list, 
         with short details, of cemeteries outside the USA built by the
         American Battle Monuments Commission)
        
Urmson, Birgit: German & US Second World War Military 
               Cemeteries in Italy, 2018 (An account, by an art historian,
               of the background to their installation, with a comparison 
                        of the ethos & artistic expression of the two cultures)


Barcellini, S & Wieviorka, A: Passant, Souviens-toi !, 1995 
                 (A survey, in French, of war memorials in France, 
                 including those to the Resistance,  & relating to 
                                                              Deportation, & PoW camps)


            
Azizyan, I & Ivanova, I: Honour Eternal, 1982 (A substantial study,
               translated from the Russian, of Soviet memorials; 
                                                                                    well illustrated)


Harris, Lillian C: Cemeteries & Memories, 2007 (A personal 
           account, by an American diplomat, of British, French, 
                                       German & American cemeteries in Tunisia)