Kniha Fallen Elites Andrew Bickford

Fallen Elites

The Military Other in Post-Unification Germany

Jazyk: Angličtina
Väzba: Pevná
Dostupnosť: Skladom u dodávateľa
Odosielame za 9-15 dní
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Military officers are often the first to be considered politically dangerous when a state loses its...

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Jazyk
Angličtina
Väzba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydalo
2011
Stránok
288
EAN
9780804773959
ISBN
0804773955
Enbook ID
04719037
Hmotnosť
562
Rozmery
152 x 229 x 21

Kompletný popis

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 unification, capitalism, and citizenship since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Often caricatured as unrepentant, hard-line communists, former officers recount how they have struggled with their identities and much-diminished roles. Their disillusionment speaks to global questions about the contentious relationship between the military, citizenship, masculinity, and state formation today. Casting a critical eye on Western triumphalism, they provide a new perspective on our own deep-seated assumptions about "soldier making," both at home and abroad.

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