TY - BOOK AU - Linenthal,Edward Tabor AU - Engelhardt,Tom TI - History wars: the Enola Gay and other battles for the American past SN - 9780805043877 U1 - 970.05 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Nueva York PB - Henry Holt and Company KW - GUERRA DE VIETNAM, 1961-1975 KW - NAGASAKI (JAPON) KW - HISTORIA KW - BOMBARDEO, 1945 KW - HIROSHIMA (JAPON) KW - Estados Unidos KW - Historia militar KW - Siglo 20 KW - Historiografía KW - OB. CATEDRAS BASICAS KW - Capaldo, Adriana N1 - Historia politica y social del siglo xx N2 - From the Òtaming of the WestÓ to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics. What kind of history Americans should read, see, or fund is no longer merely a matter of professional interest to teachers, historians, and museum curators. Everywhere now, history is increasingly being held hostage, but to what end and why? InHistory Wars, eight prominent historians consider the angry swirl of emotions that now surrounds public memory. Included are trenchant essays by Paul Boyer, John W. Dower, Tom Engelhardt, Richard H. Kohn, Edward Linenthal, Micahel S. Sherry, Marilyn B. Young, and Mike Wallace ER -