The virtuous Wehrmacht : crafting the myth of the German soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944 /
"This book examines how German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front during the Second World War rationalized their participation in a criminal campaign, and how the Wehrmacht attempted to assert moral superiority over its Soviet enemies. In the process, it redefines the origins of the myth of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca [New York] :
Cornell University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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| Summary: | "This book examines how German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front during the Second World War rationalized their participation in a criminal campaign, and how the Wehrmacht attempted to assert moral superiority over its Soviet enemies. In the process, it redefines the origins of the myth of the "clean" Wehrmacht"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501760044 1501760041 |