Fallen soldiers : reshaping the memory of the world wars / George L. Mosse

Mosse, George L. (George Lachmann) (1918-1999)

ISBN 10: 0195062477 / ISBN 13: 9780195062472

Published by New York : Oxford University Press, 1990

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251) and index.Contents: Volunteers in War -- Building the Myth: Tangible Symbols of Death -- Youth and the War Experience -- The Cult of the Fallen Soldier -- The Appropriation of Nature -- The Process of Trivialization -- The Brutalization of German Politics -- Building on War -- The Second World War, the Myth, and the Postwar Generation. Subjects: British Army. German Army.World War (1914-1918)1900-1999. War Psychological aspects.War and civilization.World War, 1914-1918 Europe Psychological aspects. War memorials Europe. War and civilization. World War IWar memorials Europe.Guerre Aspect psychologique. Guerre et civilisation. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Europe Aspect psychologique. Monuments aux morts Europe. 15.70 history of Europe. Civilization. Psychological aspects. War and civilization. War memorials.War Psychological aspects.Oorlogshelden. War Psychological aspects.War and civilization Europe.World War, 1914-1918 Europe Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945 Europe. Psychological aspects.War memorials Europe Psychological aspects.War Psychological aspects.War and civilization.World War, 1914-1918 Europe Psychological aspects. War memorials Europe. War and civilization History. World War, 1914-1918 Psychological aspects. War memorials.World War, 1939-1945 Europe Psychological aspects. War Psychological aspects. Civilization.Psychological aspects.War and civilization. War memorials. War Psychological aspects.War Psychological aspects.War and civilization. World War, 1914-1918 Europe Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945 Europe. Psychological aspects. War memorials Europe. War Psychological aspects 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 393496

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fallen soldiers : reshaping the memory of ...

Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

At the outbreak of the First World War, an entire generation of young men charged into battle for what they believed was a glorious cause. Over the next four years, that cause claimed the lives of some 13 million soldiers--more than twice the number killed in all the major wars from 1790 to 1914. But despite this devastating toll, the memory fostered by the belligerents was not of the grim reality of its trench warfare and battlefield carnage. Instead, the nations that fought commemorated the war's sacredness and the martyrdom of those who had died for the greater glory of the fatherland.
The sanctification of war is the subject of this pioneering work by well-known European historian George L. Mosse. Fallen Soldiers offers a profound analysis of what he calls the Myth of the War Experience--a vision of war that masks its horror, consecrates its memory, and ultimately justifies its purpose. Beginning with the Napoleonic wars, Mosse traces the origins of this myth and its symbols, and examines the role of war volunteers in creating and perpetuating it. His book is likely to become one of the classic studies of modern war and the complex, often disturbing nature of human perception and memory.

About the Author:

About the Author:

George L. Mosse is Bascom-Weinstein Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and Koebner Professor of History, Emeritus, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His previous books include The Crisis of German Ideology, Nazi Culture, The Nationalization of the Masses, Nationality and Sexuality, and Toward the Final Solution.