GERMAN

Soldaten im Nachkrieg: Historische Deutungskonflikte und westdeutsche Demokratisierung 1945-1955

By Jorg Echternkamp

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Year
2014
ISBN
9783110351224, 9783110350937
DOI
10.1515/9783110351224
Language
german
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1779852 bytes)
Series
Beiträge zur Militärgeschichte; 76
Pages
550\0
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-23 06:07:39

Description

This work examines interpretations of the war during its final phase and the occupation period, the self-perceptions of military communities, as well as the reinvention of the image of the German soldier. The controversies about the war, the Wehrmacht, and value orientation did not form a barrier, but instead were a dynamic element in the process that legitimized the democratic and pluralistic post-war order in West Germany. What did the Second World War mean to West Germans during the first post-war decade?

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