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The Virtuous Wehrmacht : Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (324 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501760051
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Virtuous WehrmachtDDC classification:
  • 940.54217
LOC classification:
  • D744.5.G3
Online resources:
Contents:
The Virtuous Wehrmacht -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Terms and Abbreviations -- Introduction: Toward a Moral History of the Wehrmacht in the War of Extermination -- 1. Honorable Self and Villainous Other: Value Systems in the Wehrmacht -- 2. Rationalizing Atrocities: Self-Exoneration in Soldiers' Letters -- 3. The "Crusaders": Religious Justifications for Barbarossa -- 4. The "Liberators": Barbarossa as an Emancipatory Act -- 5. Death and Victimhood: Cultivating Moral Superiority through Burial Practices -- Conclusion: A Myth Is Born -- Appendix: Biographical Details on the Core Sample of Soldiers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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The Virtuous Wehrmacht -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Terms and Abbreviations -- Introduction: Toward a Moral History of the Wehrmacht in the War of Extermination -- 1. Honorable Self and Villainous Other: Value Systems in the Wehrmacht -- 2. Rationalizing Atrocities: Self-Exoneration in Soldiers' Letters -- 3. The "Crusaders": Religious Justifications for Barbarossa -- 4. The "Liberators": Barbarossa as an Emancipatory Act -- 5. Death and Victimhood: Cultivating Moral Superiority through Burial Practices -- Conclusion: A Myth Is Born -- Appendix: Biographical Details on the Core Sample of Soldiers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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