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The myth of the Eastern Front : the Nazi-Soviet war in American popular culture / Ronald Smelser, Edward J. Davies II.
LIBRA D764 .S569 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smelser, Ronald M., 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion.
- Public opinion.
- Propaganda, German--United States.
- Propaganda, German.
- Germany--Foreign public opinion, American.
- Germany.
- Public opinion--United States.
- United States.
- Myth.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Some Americans are receptive to a positive interpretation of German military conduct on the Russian front in World War II.
- Contents:
- 1 Americans Experience the War in Russia, 1941-1945 7
- 2 The Cold War and the Emergence of a Lost Cause Mythology 39
- 3 The German Generals Talk, Write, and Network 64
- 4 Memoirs, Novels, and Popular Histories 90
- 5 Winning Hearts and Minds: The Germans Interpret the War for the United States Public 127
- 6 The Gurus 157
- 7 Wargames, the Internet, and the Popular Culture of the Romancers 187
- 8 Romancing the War: Reenactors, and "What If History" 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-317) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521833653
- 0521833655
- 9780521712316
- 0521712319
- OCLC:
- 190588403
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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