Fallen elites : the military other in post-unification Germany /

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Military officers are often the first to be considered politically dangerous when a state loses its authority. Overnight, actions once considered courageous are deemed criminal, and men once praised as heroes are redefined as villains. In Fallen Elites, Andrew Bickford examines how states make soldi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bickford, Andrew, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Germany (East). > Nationale Volksarmee > Officers > Attitudes.
Germany (East). > Nationale Volksarmee > Officers > Social conditions.
Germany (East). > Nationale Volksarmee.
1990
Retired military personnel > Germany > Attitudes.
Retired military personnel > Germany > Social conditions.
Militaires retraités > Allemagne > Attitudes.
Militaires retraités > Allemagne > Conditions sociales.
HISTORY > Military > General.
Armed Forces > Officers > Attitudes.
Armed Forces > Officers > Social conditions.
Retired military personnel > Social conditions.
Germany > History > Unification, 1990.
Allemagne > Histoire > 1990 (Réunification)
Germany.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Emotions, generations, and death cults : militarization and the creation of socialist military personalities
  • Coming of age in the NVA : the master narratives of militarization
  • The writing on the wall : the NVA surrenders
  • A war of signs, images, and memories : German militaries in the Cold War and unification
  • "Unification has ruined my life" : the political economy of the military other
  • As Germans among Germans : life in the Kameradschaft
  • "We're the Jews of the new Germany" : heroic victimhood, fallen elites, and the slipperiness of history and memory
  • Death and allegiance : toward an anthropology of soldiering.

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