Myth of the Eastern Front The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture

Name: Myth of the Eastern Front The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture
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ISBN: 9780521712316

ISBN-10: 0521712319

ISBN-13: 9780521712316

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ronald Smelser, Edward J. Davies

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From the 1950s onward, Americans were quite receptive to a view of World War II similar to the view held by many Germans and military personnel on how the war was fought on the Eastern Front in Russia. Through a network of formerly high-ranking Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr officers who had served on the Eastern Front, Germans were able to shape American opinions into an interpretation of World War II that left the Wehrmacht with a ???clean??? reputation in World War II history. A broad subculture of German military enthusiasts continues to romanticize the German army to this day.

Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

Ronald Smelser is Professor of History at the University of Utah and the author of Robert Ley: Hitler's Labor Front Leader.



Illustrations


Preface


Introduction



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: Reenactors, and "What If History"


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index