Uncommonly Savage

“Truly impressive. Travels uncharted terrain, moving deftly through a vast scholarship in two languages. The research is sound, the prose crisp and accessible, and the subject unquestionably important.”—W. Fitzhugh Brundage, author of The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory

“Illuminates the enduring potency of memory in shaping postwar societies for generations after the fighting ceased, rem...