Fallen Elites

Name: Fallen Elites
Brand: Stanford University Press
SKU: 9780804773959
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The Military Other in Post-Unification Germany

Autor: Andrew Bickford

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Vazba: Pevná

Vydavatel: Stanford University Press

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Military officers are often the first to be considered politically dangerous when a state loses its...

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Autor

Andrew Bickford

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydáno

2011

Stránek

288

EAN

9780804773959

ISBN

0804773955

Enbook ID

04719037

Vydavatel

Stanford University Press

Hmotnost

562

Rozměry

152 x 229 x 21

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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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