Name: Heroes and Villains By David R. Marples (Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton)
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Heroes and Villains: Creating National History in Contemporary Ukraine by David R. Marples (Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton)

Certain to engender debate in the media, especially in Ukraine itself, as well as the academic community. Using a wide selection of newspapers, journals, monographs, and school textbooks from different regions of the country, the book examines the sensitive issue of the changing perspectives - often shifting 180 degrees - on several events discussed in the new narratives of the Stalin years published in the Ukraine since the late Gorbachev period until 2005. These events were pivotal to Ukrainian history in the 20th century, including the Famine of 1932-33 and Ukrainian insurgency during the war years. This latter period is particularly disputed, and analyzed with regard to the roles of the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists) and the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) during and after the war. Were these organizations "freedom fighters" or "collaborators"? To what extent they constitute, are they the architects of the modern independent state?

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"Nation-building in Ukraine is far from complete, and it seems unlikely that the population from the southern and eastern regions of the country will ever fully internalise the Ukrainian national idea, as it is ingrained in Western Ukraine. Historians can make a vital contribution to the promotion of a common idea of national identity. As this book shows, Ukrainian historians have often strayed too far from an objective reading of history by seeking to maximally distance themselves from Soviet presentations and by allowing ideological purposes to infect their scholarly effort. Probably, these factors are part of the explanation of why the national idea has not caught on with large parts of the population. Marples’ book is an interesting case study of what happens to the discipline of history when it is suddenly set the formidable task of rewriting history and becomes inseparable from political intrigue."
"Durch die Unabhängigkeit von 1991 bestehe in der Ukraine die Notwendigkeit, eine neue nationale Geschichte zu konstruieren, die die bisherige sowjetische Geschichtsinterpretation ablösen könne, und die trotz regionaler, generationeller und ethnischer Unterschiede von der ganzer Bevölkerung der Ukraine akzeptiert werden könne. Marples hat sich zur Aufgabe gesetzt, diesen Prozess der Diskussion und Neukonstruktion einer (oder mehrerer) neuer nationaler Geschichten anhand zweier Grossthemen nachzuzeichnen."
"The strength of Marples's book lies in its ability to survey a range of discourses that clash and intelock at various points. He establishes the ambivalent attitude in the contemporary discourse to these crucial historical events and shows how the debate has evolved. With the opening of archives in Ukraine to researchers and a greater familiarity with Western and 'diaspora' interpretations, Soviet mythology has been gradually jettisoned, but a competing orthodoxy has not been established. Marples's book provides a service to the scholarly community by summarizing key texts and arguments and by providing as balanced and dispassionate an exposition of the topic as one is likely to find."
"Marples erklärt in seiner Monographie wie nach dem Zerfall ders Sowjetunion und der Entstehung des semipräsidialen Republik die sowjetisch-ukrainische Geschichte zu einer national-ukrainischen Geschichte umgedeutet wurde und welche Vielfalt an geschichtpolitischen Problemen dies aufwarf: 'Die Lehrer des Marxismus-Lininismus sind auf einmal zu Lehrern der ukrainischen Nationalgeschichte geowrden."
"David Marples has offered us an unusual book. Intrigued by the heavy reliance on history to craft a sense of national indentity in post-Soviet Ukraine, Marples sets out to explore the various historical narratives of the Ukrainian experience of Soviet rule. He evaluates these competing narratives in terms of their potential to shape collective memories and inform perceptions of a common historical experience that could provide the cultural underpinnings of the political project of nation building."

About David R. Marples (Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton)

David R. Marples teaches at the Department of History & Classics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Independent Ukraine Reviews the Past Chapter 2: The Famine of 1932-33 Chapter 3: The OUN, 1929-1943 Chapter 4: Making Heroes: the Early Days of OUN-UPA Chapter 5: UPA's Conflict with the Red Army and Soviet Security Forces Chapter 6: The Ukrainian-Polish Conflict Chapter 7: Writing New History in Ukraine Chapter 8: Assessments Conclusion Bibliography Index

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CIN9637326987G

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9789637326981

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9637326987

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Heroes and Villains: Creating National History in Contemporary Ukraine by David R. Marples (Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton)

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David R. Marples (Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton)

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Hardback

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Central European University Press

Year published

2007-08-10

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386

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Heroes and Villains David R. Marples (Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton)

Heroes and Villains by David R. Marples (Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton)

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Heroes and Villains: Creating National History in Contemporary Ukraine by David R. Marples (Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton)

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