Fallen elites the military other in post-unification Germany /
Bickford, Andrew, 1966-
Fallen elites the military other in post-unification Germany / [electronic resource] : Andrew Bickford. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780804777162 (electronic bk.) 0804777160 (electronic bk.)
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee --Officers--Attitudes.
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee --Officers--Social conditions.
Retired military personnel--Attitudes.--Germany
Retired military personnel--Social conditions.--Germany
HISTORY / Military / General
Germany--History--Unification, 1990.
Electronic books.
UB415.G3 / B53 2011eb
355.10943/109049
Fallen elites the military other in post-unification Germany / [electronic resource] : Andrew Bickford. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780804777162 (electronic bk.) 0804777160 (electronic bk.)
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee --Officers--Attitudes.
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee --Officers--Social conditions.
Retired military personnel--Attitudes.--Germany
Retired military personnel--Social conditions.--Germany
HISTORY / Military / General
Germany--History--Unification, 1990.
Electronic books.
UB415.G3 / B53 2011eb
355.10943/109049