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Fallen elites the military other in post-unification Germany
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Title
Fallen elites [electronic resource] : the military other in post-unification Germany / Andrew Bickford.
ISBN
9780804773959 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804773966 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804777162 (e-book)
Published
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
xviii, 268 p.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 03, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The military imaginary : soldiers, myths, and states
Emotions, generations, and death cults : militarization and the creation of socialist military personalities
Coming of age in the NVA : the master narratives of militarization
The writing on the wall : the NVA surrenders
A war of signs, images, and memories : German militaries in the Cold War and unification
"Unification has ruined my life" : the political economy of the military other
As Germans among Germans : life in the Kameradschaft
"We're the Jews of the new Germany" : heroic victimhood, fallen elites, and the slipperiness of history and memory
Death and allegiance : toward an anthropology of soldiering.
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