Shadows of war : a social history of silence in the twentieth century / edited by Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Ruth Ginio and Jay Winter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Framing the problem : multi-disciplinary approaches. Thinking about silence / Jay Winter ; Social sound of silence : toward a sociology of denial / Eviatar Zerubavel -- Europe. Breaking the silence? : Memory and oblivion since the Spanish Civil War / Mary Vincent ; In the ashes of disgrace : guilt versus shame revisited / Jeffrey K. Olick ; On silence, madness, and lassitude : negotiating the past in post-war West Germany / Svenja Goltermann -- Africa. Silences on state violence during the Algerian War of Independence : France and Algeria, 1962-2007 / Raphaëlle Branche and Jim House ; African silences : negotiating the story of France's colonial soldiers, 1914-2009 / Ruth Ginio ; Now that all is said and done : reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa / Louise Bethlehem -- Middle East. Facing history : denial and the Turkish national security concept / Taner Akc̦am ; Imposed silences and self-censorship : Palmach soldiers remember 1948 / Efrat Ben-Ze'ev ; Forgetting the Lebanon War? : On silence, denial, and the selective remembrance of the "First" Lebanon War / Asher Kaufman.