BOOK REVIEW : ART AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Monica Bohm-Duchen's ART AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR (Lund Humphries/Ashgate Publishing, UK 2013) is the first book in English to provide a comprehensive and detailed international overview of the complex and often disturbing relationship between war and the fine arts during this crucial period of modern history (1939 - 1945). A wide range of fascinating and thought-provoking paintings from different countries (Spain, UK, USA, Russia, Germany, Italy, Australia, NZ and more). In this book, Nazi War Art is under a re-assessment: it means UK-USA censorship against it is getting slowly over 60 years after the Second World War. Available at AUCKLAND Public Libraries. http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781848220331