This volume investigates the post-Armistice Empire across a spectrum of disciplines, geographies and chronologies to compliment extant academic debates on the legacies of colonialism and nationalism.
Afterlives documents the lives and historical pursuits of the generations in Australia, Britain and Germany who grew up in the shadow of the First World War. Although they were not direct witnesses to the conflict, through the intimate experience of coming after, they have played a key role in shaping the memory of the First World War since 1918 -- .
Originally published in 1980 and still the best one-volume aerial history of World War II, Richard Overy's classic work remains profound and highly origi-nal.