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The Art of Occupation : Crime and Governance in American-Controlled Germany, 1944-1949 /
"Germany has been divided between seemingly irreconcilable assertions of prolonged criminal chaos and narratives of strict martial rule that precluded crime. The Art of Occupation takes a different view on this history, addressing this divergence through an extensive, interdisciplinary analysis...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Tradition and an unprecedented enemy: planning and first steps
- Crime and control in American military thought
- A conflict of visions?
- A violent transition
- Part 2. Destruction, disorder, fear, and fantasy: the direct military occupation of Germany, 1945/46
- Order and disorder
- Common enemies
- Thieves and gangs
- Power and discretion
- Enduring legacies, 1947/49: threat, policing, and a culture of anxiety
- Civilianization, Germanization, and the rise of German-led policing
- Winters of discontent
- Myth formation and the end of military government
- Conclusion
- Appendix: The military government legal code: Articles I and II of proclamations, ordinances, and laws issued by Allied Military Government in Germany
- Glossary of terms.