Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. A Note on Names ix
5. Introduction xi
6. 1 The Nation out to Conquer 1
7. 2 A Totalitarian Dynamic, 1940–1945 29
8. 3 The Meaning of the War 49
9. 4 Heroes and the Dead 81
10. 5 Fear and Destruction 105
11. 6 Postwar Complexities 139
12. 7 The American Occupation, or the Present Versus the Past 151
13. 8 The Plurality of History 173
14. 9 Individual Conscience and Collective Inertia 185
15. 10 Memory and Religion 205
16. 11 From Monument to Museum 229
17. Conclusion 267
18. Notes 273
19. Index 325