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Author Bickford, Andrew, 1966- author.

Title Fallen elites : the military other in post-unification Germany / Andrew Bickford
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary Military officers are often the first to be considered politically dangerous when a state loses its authority. Overnight, actions once considered courageous are deemed criminal, and men once praised as heroes are redefined as villains. In Fallen Elites, Andrew Bickford examines how states make soldiers and what happens to fallen military elites when they no longer fit into the political spectrum. Gaining unprecedented entry into the lives of former East German officers in unified Germany, Bickford relates how these men and their families have come to terms with the shock of
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee -- Officers -- Attitudes
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee -- Officers -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee fast
Subject Retired military personnel -- Germany -- Attitudes
Retired military personnel -- Germany -- Social conditions
HISTORY -- Military -- General.
Armed Forces -- Officers -- Attitudes
Armed Forces -- Officers -- Social conditions
Retired military personnel -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000423
Subject Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010043611
ISBN 9780804777162
0804777160