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- Title
ATOMIC MEMORIES OF THE ENOLA GAY: STRATEGIES OF REMEMBRANCE AT THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM.
- Authors
Hubbard, Bryan; Hasian Jr, Marouf A.
- Abstract
An essay is presented on the controversy of Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb in Japan on August 6, 1945. It provides a detailed case analysis of the controversy as an example of competing strategies of remembrance. It discusses the importance of memorialization in public persuasion by examining how competing strategies of remembrance establish division of unity.
- Subjects
JAPAN; B-29 (Bomber); PUBLIC opinion; ATOMIC bomb; CONCORD; AERIAL bombing; MEMORIALIZATION
- Publication
Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 1998, Vol 1, Issue 3, p363
- ISSN
1094-8392
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/rap.2010.0084