
GGH from here on). Three characteristics to this way of memory production are: 1) the maximised attention to every single breath and bullet in a skirmish; 2) a hyperspecific, fetishistic f…ion, signalling a completed, influential trend in American war memory which has come to be known as ‘The Greatest Generation’-style historiography (GGH from here on). Three characteristics to this way of memory production are: 1) the maximised attention to every single breath and bullet in a skirmish; 2) a hyperspecific, fetishistic focus that traces the expanse of global war through the eyes of a handful of soldiers, and; 3) a portrayal of war as a series of victories rather than an ideological-political-historical context.