Fallen soldiers : reshaping the memory of the world wars / George L. Mosse

Mosse, George L. (George Lachmann) (1918-1999)

ISBN 10: 0195062477 / ISBN 13: 9780195062472

Verlag: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990

Beschreibung

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251) and index.Contents: Volunteers in War -- Building the Myth: Tangible Symbols of Death -- Youth and the War Experience -- The Cult of the Fallen Soldier -- The Appropriation of Nature -- The Process of Trivialization -- The Brutalization of German Politics -- Building on War -- The Second World War, the Myth, and the Postwar Generation. Subjects: British Army. German Army.World War (1914-1918)1900-1999. War Psychological aspects.War and civilization.World War, 1914-1918 Europe Psychological aspects. War memorials Europe. War and civilization. World War IWar memorials Europe.Guerre Aspect psychologique. Guerre et civilisation. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Europe Aspect psychologique. Monuments aux morts Europe. 15.70 history of Europe. Civilization. Psychological aspects. War and civilization. War memorials.War Psychological aspects.Oorlogshelden. War Psychological aspects.War and civilization Europe.World War, 1914-1918 Europe Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945 Europe. Psychological aspects.War memorials Europe Psychological aspects.War Psychological aspects.War and civilization.World War, 1914-1918 Europe Psychological aspects. War memorials Europe. War and civilization History. World War, 1914-1918 Psychological aspects. War memorials.World War, 1939-1945 Europe Psychological aspects. War Psychological aspects. Civilization.Psychological aspects.War and civilization. War memorials. War Psychological aspects.War Psychological aspects.War and civilization. World War, 1914-1918 Europe Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945 Europe. Psychological aspects. War memorials Europe. War Psychological aspects 1 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 393496

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Titel: Fallen soldiers : reshaping the memory of ...

Verlag: New York : Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsdatum: 1990

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First Edition.

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Millions were killed and maimed in World War I, but once the armistice was signed the realities were cleansed of their horror by the nature of the burial and commemoration of the dead. In the inter-war period, war monuments and cemeteries provided the public with places of worship and martyrs for the civic religion of nationalism. The cult of the fallen soldier blossomed in Germany and other European countries, and people seemed to build war into their lives as a necessary and glorious event - a proof of manhood and loyalty to the flag. Ultimately there was even a process of trivialization, with light comedies, war toys and battlefield tourism becoming popular. Tracing wartime experience from the Napoleonic Wars to Vietnam, Professor Mosse's study explores why mankind has drawn the sting of death from modern war and transformed it into an acceptable, even sacred, event.

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George L. Mosse is Bascom-Weinstein Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and Koebner Professor of History, Emeritus, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His previous books includeThe Crisis of German Ideology, Nazi Culture, The Nationalization of theMasses, Nationality and Sexuality, and Toward the Final Solution.