Fallen elites : the military other in post-unification Germany /
Bickford, Andrew, 1966-
Fallen elites : the military other in post-unification Germany / Andrew Bickford. - Stanford, Calif. : 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.
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.
English.
9780804777162 (electronic bk.) 0804777160 (electronic bk.)
10.1515/9780804777162 doi
015795429 Uk 015795430 Uk
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee --Officers--Attitudes.
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee --Officers--Social conditions.
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee.
1990
Retired military personnel--Attitudes.--Germany
Retired military personnel--Social conditions.--Germany
Militaires retraités--Attitudes.--Allemagne
Militaires retraités--Conditions sociales.--Allemagne
HISTORY--Military--General.
Armed Forces--Officers--Attitudes.
Armed Forces--Officers--Social conditions.
Retired military personnel--Social conditions.
Germany--History--Unification, 1990.
Allemagne--Histoire--1990 (Réunification)
Germany.
Electronic books.
History.
UB415.G3 / B53 2011eb
355.10943/109049
Fallen elites : the military other in post-unification Germany / Andrew Bickford. - Stanford, Calif. : 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.
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.
English.
9780804777162 (electronic bk.) 0804777160 (electronic bk.)
10.1515/9780804777162 doi
015795429 Uk 015795430 Uk
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee --Officers--Attitudes.
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee --Officers--Social conditions.
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee.
1990
Retired military personnel--Attitudes.--Germany
Retired military personnel--Social conditions.--Germany
Militaires retraités--Attitudes.--Allemagne
Militaires retraités--Conditions sociales.--Allemagne
HISTORY--Military--General.
Armed Forces--Officers--Attitudes.
Armed Forces--Officers--Social conditions.
Retired military personnel--Social conditions.
Germany--History--Unification, 1990.
Allemagne--Histoire--1990 (Réunification)
Germany.
Electronic books.
History.
UB415.G3 / B53 2011eb
355.10943/109049