Traumatic Defeat : POWs, MIAs, and National Mythmaking /

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"Traumatic Defeat is a comparative study of wartime and postwar Prisoner of War (POW) and Missing in Action (MIA) activism and politics in Germany after World War II and the US after the Vietnam War. Patrick Gallagher argues that under certain circumstances, a postwar form of national mythology...

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Autor principal: Gallagher, Patrick, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
War > Psychological aspects.
Prisoners of war.
Missing in action.
Conspiracy theories.
Collective memory.
HISTORY > Military > Vietnam War.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Disparus au combat > États-Unis.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Prisonniers et prisons des Nord-Vietnamiens.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Disparus au combat > Allemagne.
Memoire collective > Études de cas.
Theories du complot > Études de cas.
Guerre > Aspect psychologique > Études de cas.
Perte (Psychologie) > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
Prisonniers de guerre > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Missing in action > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
Prisoners of war > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Russian.
World War, 1939-1945 > Missing in action > Germany.
Collective memory > Case studies.
Conspiracy theories > Case studies.
War > Psychological aspects > Case studies.
Loss (Psychology) > Political aspects > Case studies.
Prisoners of war > Germany > History > 20th century.
United States.
Germany.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Germany's war on the Eastern Front, and the origins of its secret camp myth
  • The short-lived German secret camp myth
  • Missing Americans in Southeast Asia and the origins of POW/MIA activism
  • Radicalization of POW/MIA advocacy and the emergence of the secret camp myth
  • High-water mark of the secret camp myth
  • Conclusion.

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