{"product_id":"active-erasure-sy-chronique-9798242552371","title":"Active Erasure: How Empires Erase Their Crimes: From the Tirailleurs Sénégalais to Today's Memory Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHISTORY ISN'T FORGOTTEN. IT'S DELETED.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1944, African soldiers liberated southern France village by village, paying in blood for every mile. Yet, when the victory parade rolled down the Champs-Élysées, every face in the photograph was white. This was not an accident-it was the \u003ci\u003eblanchiment\u003c\/i\u003e, a deliberate \"whitening\" of the liberation for the cameras of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the unmarked mass graves of the Thiaroye massacre to the \"crystallized\" pensions that left veterans in poverty for sixty years, \u003ci\u003eActive Erasure\u003c\/i\u003e exposes a systematic playbook used by empires to silence the inconvenient. It is a system that relies on five brutal techniques: physical, visual, legal, pedagogical, and bureaucratic erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on decades of suppressed archives and survivor testimonies, this book tracks how the same methods used against the \u003ci\u003eTirailleurs Sénégalais\u003c\/i\u003e are being refined today in digital algorithms and curriculum wars. This is not just a history of what was lost-it is an investigation into how the truth was stolen, and a guide for how to take it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dead have claims on the living. It is time to answer them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sy Chronique\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242552371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Sy Chronique","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852697219327,"sku":"9798242552371","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/active-erasure-sy-chronique-9798242552371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}