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Myths, Amnesia and Reality in Military Conflicts, 1935-1945.

Stalin fabricated the myth that the Germans carried out the Katyń massacre and the West accepted it while always suspecting the reality. In the same way, each country tried to forget the more painful memories of its past and construct its own mythology. The Germans were never taken to task at Nurem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sangster, Andrew, 1945-
Otros Autores: Battistelli, Pier Paolo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Stalin fabricated the myth that the Germans carried out the Katyń massacre and the West accepted it while always suspecting the reality. In the same way, each country tried to forget the more painful memories of its past and construct its own mythology. The Germans were never taken to task at Nuremberg for bombing because the Anglo-Americans virtually carried out a war of annihilation. The French Gaullist myth was that it was decadent politicians who caused the defeat, and that fighting France freed itself. In a similar vein, the Italian resistance was fostered as a myth and used postwar to co.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (313 pages)
ISBN:9781443869249
1443869244