Objects of War: The Material Culture of Conflict and Displacement LGBTQ+ Owned ” in the words of

” in the words of Winston Churchill

Rena's Promise is a compelling story of the fleeting human connections that fostered determination and made survival a possibility

By Martin Greenfield

During the War he realized his dream of piloting a P-38 Lightning

She had no family

Objects of War: The Material Culture of Conflict and Displacement LGBTQ+ Owned ” in the words ofBy Leora Auslander and Tara Zahra (editors) Historians have become increasingly interested in material culture as both a category of analysis and as a teaching tool. And yet the profession tends to be suspicious of things; words are its stock in trade. What new insights can historians gain about the past by thinking about things? A central object (and consequence) of modern warfare is the radical destruction and transformation of the material world.