The Virtuous Wehrmacht : Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944.
Harrisville, David A.
The Virtuous Wehrmacht : Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages) - Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History Series . - Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History Series .
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.
No detailed description available for "The Virtuous Wehrmacht".
9781501760051
World War, 1939-1945-Moral and ethical aspects-Germany.
Electronic books.
D744.5.G3
940.54217
The Virtuous Wehrmacht : Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages) - Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History Series . - Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History Series .
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.
No detailed description available for "The Virtuous Wehrmacht".
9781501760051
World War, 1939-1945-Moral and ethical aspects-Germany.
Electronic books.
D744.5.G3
940.54217