Civil War and Narrative Testimony, Historiography, Memory
This book explores the representation of intra-state conflicts. It offers a distinctive approach by looking at narrative forms and strategies associated with civil war testimony, historiography and memory. The volume seeks to reflect current research in c
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Civil War and Narrative
Karine Deslandes · Fabrice Mourlon Bruno Tribout Editors
Civil War and Narrative Testimony, Historiography, Memory
Editors Karine Deslandes Department of Languages University of Buckingham Buckingham, UK
Bruno Tribout University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, UK
Fabrice Mourlon Université Paris 13 Sorbonne Paris Cité Villetaneuse, France
ISBN 978-3-319-61178-5 ISBN 978-3-319-61179-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61179-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017944703 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © John Seaton Callahan/Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
In his recently published book, Civil Wars: A History of Ideas, historian David Armitage reminds us that the end of the Cold War saw a renewed interest in research on civil wars, especially among social scientists, economists and international relations professionals, since most conflicts have been defined and analysed as wars within states. Also the concept of civil war has “remained undertheorised” and “has been so paradoxically fertile because there has never been a time when [its] definition was settled to everyone’s satisfaction or when it could be used without question or contention”. In the past decade or so, a host of events involving researchers across the Humanities and Social Sciences and dedicated to internal conflicts has evidenced the importance of the concept as a field of study: the symposium entitled “Civil Wars. Violence, Trauma, Intervention” organised at the University of Konstanz in 2007; the conference on “Emotions and Civil War” held at the C
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