| Description |
xviii, 268 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee -- Officers -- Attitudes.
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Germany (East). Nationale Volksarmee -- Officers -- Social conditions.
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Retired military personnel -- Germany -- Attitudes.
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Retired military personnel -- Germany -- Social conditions.
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Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780804773959 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780804773966 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780804777162 (electronic bk.) |
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