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1 online resource (310 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; IntroductionWar, Politics, and the Study of Memory; Political Memory: Recollecting the Past in the Political Realm; Historiography, Approach, Theses; Whose Memory?: History, Politics, and Biography; Some Thoughts on Political Speech, Historical Truth, and Scholarly Analysis; Prologue: The Eastern Front War in Nazi Propaganda; 1 Memory under Occupation; Frames of Reference: Two Interpretations of a Caesura; The Russians in East Germany: On Resentment, Revenge, and Regret |
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Lessons from History -- East: The German-Soviet Friendship Project"Who has the right to judge?": Russians as Victims, Russians as Perpetrators; Lessons from History -- West: Building Democracy; Judging History: "Operation Barbarossa" in Postwar War Crimes Trials; 2 Cold War; Trial and Triumph: Master Narratives in Moscow and East Berlin; In the Trenches of the Ideological Cold War: History as Weapon; Preventing Another "Barbarossa" I: The SED and the June Uprising in 1953; The "War Thing" in Cold War Diplomacy: Adenauer in Moscow, 1955 |
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Engaging the "Front Generation": From Fighters in War to Fighters for PeacePreventing Another "Barbarossa" II: The Berlin Wall; 3 Lessons of the Eastern Front; German Remilitarization(s): Arming for Nuclear War; Fighting the "Just Wars": Socialist Soldiers and Remilitarization in the GDR; Citizens in Uniform: The Eastern Front in the Bonn Remilitarization Debates; 4 Peacetime Wars; The Ambivalence of Total War: Soldiers as Perpetrators and Victims; Making Sense of War: Two Versions of the "Wehrmacht Myth"; Reflection and Return: Soldiers as Socialist Citizens |
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Obedience Was No Crime: West German War Veterans and the Legacies of "Barbarossa"5 The Past Reinforced; Ulbricht: From Personal History to Political Memory; A "Crusade like no other": Honecker and History as Routine; 6 The Past Revisited; Shifting Focus and Tone: From Erhard to Brandt; Balancing History and Diplomacy: From Schmidt to Kohl; Epilogue; "That is what history has decided?": Solving the German Question; Overcoming History: The Rhetoric of Reconciliation and Closure since 1990; Eastern Front Memory and German Power: Redefining Foreign Policy |
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Still Divided?: Popular Memory of the Eastern Front War in Germany after 1989Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index |
| Summary |
Christina Morina's book examines the history of the Eastern Front war and its impact on German politics and society throughout the postwar period |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Collective memory -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Political culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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War and society -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Collective memory
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Military campaigns
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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War and society
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001651
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1990- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000847
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Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000541
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Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139138109 |
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1139138103 |
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1283316870 |
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9781283316873 |
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9781139142120 |
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