| Description |
xii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index. |
| Contents |
Americans experience the war in Russia, 1941-1945 -- The Cold War and the emergence of a lost cause mythology -- The German generals talk, write, and network -- Memoirs, novels, and popular histories -- Winning hearts and minds : the Germans interpret the war for the United States public -- The gurus -- Wargames, the internet, and the popular culture of the romancers -- Romancing the war : re-enactors and "What if" history -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"From the 1950s onward, Americans were quite receptive to a view of World War Two propagated by many Germans on how the war was fought on the Eastern Front in Russia. Through a network of former high-ranking Wehrmacht and current Bundeswehr officers who had served in Russia, Germans were able to convince Americans that the German army had fought a "clean" war in the East and that atrocities there were committed solely by Nazi organizations. This view fit well with the prevailing anti-Communism of the Cold War and continues to this day in a broad subculture of general readers, German military enthusiasts, wargame aficionados, military paraphernalia collectors, and reenactors who tend to romanticize the German military."--Jacket. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion.
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Propaganda, German -- United States.
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Germany -- Foreign public opinion, American.
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Public opinion -- United States.
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Myth.
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Myth. (OCoLC)fst01031678
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Propaganda, German. (OCoLC)fst01079026
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Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01082785
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Public opinion, American. (OCoLC)fst01354087
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Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945)) (OCoLC)fst01900002
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Davies, Edward J., II, 1947-
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| ISBN |
9780521833653 (hardback) |
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0521833655 (hardback) |
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9780521712316 (pbk.) |
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0521712319 (pbk.) |
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