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Sean Patterson's monograph is well written and thoroughly researched. It can serve as a model to other students of Mennonite history as to how to explore our history--our collective memories-- and determine how those memories fit with competing memories, both internal as well as external. By acknowledging and understanding the broader and at times competing narratives, Mennonites can come to a fuller and more accurate understanding of their story.--Richard Thiessen Mennonite Historian A highly sensitive reading of the memoir literature that offers a very convincing account of the relationship between the Makhnovist movement and the Mennonite community. A fascinating monograph. --Christopher Gilley Revolutionary Russia A tremendous case study in how groups tend to rationalize their place in violent times, legitimating their identity -- in this case Makhnovists as freedom fighters and Mennonites as faithful in persecution. Individuals and events then become concentrated as symbols that can no longer communicate the breadth and complexity of the reality they represent. Patterson does not tell us how to discern and evaluate these complexities -- only that they must be considered if we hope to address past, and ongoing, realities of violence.--David CL Driedger Winnipeg Free Press Makhno and Memory is a well researched, well written, balanced work that takes the reader on a journey into the depths of shadowy history, human sorrow, tragedy and bravery. The author's ability to open his heart to listen to all the conflicting stories compels the reader to do the same.--Margie Koop Heritage Posting

A highly sensitive reading of the memoir literature that offers a very convincing account of the relationship between the Makhnovist movement and the Mennonite community. A fascinating monograph. --Christopher Gilley Revolutionary Russia A tremendous case study in how groups tend to rationalize their place in violent times, legitimating their identity -- in this case Makhnovists as freedom fighters and Mennonites as faithful in persecution. Individuals and events then become concentrated as symbols that can no longer communicate the breadth and complexity of the reality they represent. Patterson does not tell us how to discern and evaluate these complexities -- only that they must be considered if we hope to address past, and ongoing, realities of violence.--David CL Driedger Winnipeg Free Press Makhno and Memory is a well researched, well written, balanced work that takes the reader on a journey into the depths of shadowy history, human sorrow, tragedy and bravery. The author's ability to open his heart to listen to all the conflicting stories compels the reader to do the same.--Margie Koop Heritage Posting

Sean Patterson has written a clear and engaging study that is both nuanced and insightful. It raises important questions and deserves a broad readership. One eagerly awaits his next publication.--Leonard Friesen Journal of Mennonite Studies Much of what has been written about Makhno, by both Mennonites and anarchists, suffers from its reliance on ahistorical mythmaking. Patterson effectively identifies the sources and preconceptions of these sources and moves our understanding into new territory.--John Staples The Mennonite Quarterly Review Sean Patterson's monograph is well written and thoroughly researched. It can serve as a model to other students of Mennonite history as to how to explore our history--our collective memories-- and determine how those memories fit with competing memories, both internal as well as external. By acknowledging and understanding the broader and at times competing narratives, Mennonites can come to a fuller and more accurate understanding of their story.--Richard Thiessen Mennonite Historian A highly sensitive reading of the memoir literature that offers a very convincing account of the relationship between the Makhnovist movement and the Mennonite community. A fascinating monograph. --Christopher Gilley Revolutionary Russia A tremendous case study in how groups tend to rationalize their place in violent times, legitimating their identity -- in this case Makhnovists as freedom fighters and Mennonites as faithful in persecution. Individuals and events then become concentrated as symbols that can no longer communicate the breadth and complexity of the reality they represent. Patterson does not tell us how to discern and evaluate these complexities -- only that they must be considered if we hope to address past, and ongoing, realities of violence.--David CL Driedger Winnipeg Free Press Makhno and Memory is a well researched, well written, balanced work that takes the reader on a journey into the depths of shadowy history, human sorrow, tragedy and bravery. The author's ability to open his heart to listen to all the conflicting stories compels the reader to do the same.--Margie Koop Heritage Posting

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Sean Patterson is a doctoral student at the University of Alberta, exploring historical memory in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region over the 20th century. Patterson graduated from the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg’s joint masters program, where he was awarded the W.L. Morton Gold Medal for outstanding research. He currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta.

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