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Bells for America: The Cold War, Modernism, and the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington

Bells for America: The Cold War, Modernism, and the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington

Oostdijk, Diederik

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20th Century United States HistoryGeneral European HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1041176090
ISBN13: 9781041176091
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 1 2025
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

The Netherlands Carillon stands out in the American memorial landscape. Situated between Arlington National Cemetery and the Marine Corps War Memorial, the modernist bell tower is at odds with its surroundings, much in the same way that its prominent place is at odds with its absence in American memory. Given to the United States in the 1950s by the Dutch government for America's role in the Dutch liberation during World War II and for the Marshall Plan aid, the carillon owes its conspicuous placement to the Cold War. Diederik Oostdijk traces the history of this monument, from the pageantry surrounding its presentation through its fall into disrepair and plans for its renewal. In so doing, he resolves the paradox of the carillon's placement in Arlington. Interweaving art history, campanology, landscape architecture, literature, musicology, and diplomatic history, Bells for America recounts how the Netherlands and the United States reconstructed their national identities and fostered an international relationship in the postwar era through public art.

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