TY - BOOK AU - Harrisville,David A. TI - The Virtuous Wehrmacht: Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944 T2 - Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History Series SN - 9781501760051 AV - D744.5.G3 U1 - 940.54217 PY - 2021/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - World War, 1939-1945-Moral and ethical aspects-Germany KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - No detailed description available for "The Virtuous Wehrmacht" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6463615 ER -