24.0 x 16.0cms 240pp b/w illusts fine hardback & dustwrapper This book looks at the wars a combatant tries to obliterate his enemy's culture. He wants to destroy his enemy's buildings in order to severe his identity and collective memory. It looks at wars in Latin America Poland Turkey Afghanistan and Bosnia.

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Title: The Destruction Of Memory: Architecture At War
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1861892055
ISBN 13: 9781861892058
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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In The Destruction of Memory, Robert Bevan examines the effects of conflict on architecture through a wide range of examples. These include the razing of Aztec cities by Cortez, the clashes between Islam and Hinduism in India, the Holocaust, the Chinese destruction of Tibetan Lhasa and the attack on the World Trade Center in New York. He argues that these incidents were not mere "collateral damage," as some might claim: they were deliberate acts of destruction, an attack not only on the architecture, but also on the cultural memory of a nation.

Robert Bevan is former editor of the British periodical Building Design and writes regularly on architectural, design and housing issues for national newspapers in the U.K.

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Robert Bevan is the former editor of Building Design and writes regularly on architectural, design and housing issues for national newspapers. He lives in Sydney, Australia.

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