The Myth of the Eastern Front: The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture - Softcover

Smelser, Ronald; Davies Ll, Edward J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521712319 ISBN 13: 9780521712316

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

From the 1950s onward, Americans were quite receptive to a view of World War II similar to the view held by many Germans and military personnel on how the war was fought on the Eastern Front in Russia. Through a network of formerly high-ranking Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr officers who had served on the Eastern Front, Germans were able to shape American opinions into an interpretation of World War II that left the Wehrmacht with a "clean" reputation in World War II history. A broad subculture of German military enthusiasts continues to romanticize the German army to this day.

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Book Description:

From the 1950s onward, Cold War-era Americans were receptive to a view of World War II similar to the view held by many Germans and military personnel on how the war was fought on the Eastern front in Russia. A broad subculture of German military enthusiasts continues to romanticize the German army to this day.

About the Author:

Professor Ronald Smelser has been a Professor of History at the University of Utah since 1974. An expert on twentieth-century German history, Smelser is a former president of the German Studies Association (1989-91), a former member of the executive committee at the Czechoslovak History Conference (1992-5), a delegate from the GSA to the ACLS (1995-9), and current president of the Conference Group for Central European History. He has published extensively in German and English on the subject of twentieth-century German history and received numerous accolades for his scholarly work from the University of Utah, the Holocaust Education Foundation, and the German Studies Association, of which he is a founding member, among others.

Professor Edward J. Davies II is the author of The Anthracite Aristocracy and The United States in Global Perspective and has also served on the advisory board for National Geographic's recent book of world history. He has published articles in professional journals such as the Journal of Social History and the Journal of Urban History and reviewed manuscripts for the Journal of Military History and other university presses.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521712319
• ISBN 13: 9780521712316
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342