| Portion of title |
Crafting the myth of the German soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944 |
| Series |
Battlegrounds: Cornell studies in military history
Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.) ^A1410963
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| Contents |
Introduction: toward a moral history of the Wehrmacht in the war of extermination -- Honorable self and villainous other: value systems in the Wehrmacht -- Rationalizing atrocities: self-exoneration in soldiers' letters -- The "crusaders": religious justifications for Barbarossa -- The "liberators": Barbarossa as an emancipatory act -- Death and victimhood: cultivating moral superiority through burial practices -- Conclusion: a myth is born. |
| Abstract |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Harrisville, David A. The virtuous Wehrmacht. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501760051 |
| LCCN | 2021008205 |
| ISBN | 9781501760044 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1501760041 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
