LEADER 03277cam a2200589 i 4500001 282691 005 20240621235142.0 008 210301t20212021nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2021008205 015 GBC1H0247 |2bnb 020 9781501760044 |qhardcover 020 1501760041 |qhardcover 020 |z9781501760051 |qelectronic book 020 |z9781501760068 |qelectronic publication 035 (OCoLC)on1235870586 035 282691 042 pcc 043 e-gx---e-ur--- 049 LHMA 040 NIC/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dCOO |dUKMGB |dYDX |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 D744.5.G3 |bH37 2021 100 1 Harrisville, David A., |eauthor. 245 14 The virtuous Wehrmacht : |bcrafting the myth of the German soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944 / |cDavid A. Harrisville. 246 30 Crafting the myth of the German soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944 264 1 Ithaca [New York] : |bCornell University Press, |c[2021] 264 4 |c©2021 300 xii, 309 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Battlegrounds: Cornell studies in military history 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction: toward a moral history of the Wehrmacht in the war of extermination -- Honorable self and villainous other: value systems in the Wehrmacht -- Rationalizing atrocities: self-exoneration in soldiers' letters -- The "crusaders": religious justifications for Barbarossa -- The "liberators": Barbarossa as an emancipatory act -- Death and victimhood: cultivating moral superiority through burial practices -- Conclusion: a myth is born. 520 "This book examines how German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front during the Second World War rationalized their participation in a criminal campaign, and how the Wehrmacht attempted to assert moral superiority over its Soviet enemies. In the process, it redefines the origins of the myth of the "clean" Wehrmacht"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xMoral and ethical aspects |zGermany. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xAtrocities |xMoral and ethical aspects |zGermany. 650 0 Justification (Ethics) 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zEastern Front. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zSoviet Union. 650 7 Atrocities. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00820727 650 7 Ethics. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00915833 650 7 Justification (Ethics) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00985243 650 7 Military campaigns. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01710190 651 7 Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945)) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01900002 651 7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 Soviet Union. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210281 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 776 08 |iOnline version:Harrisville, David A. |tThe virtuous Wehrmacht. |dIthaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 |z9781501760051 |w(DLC) 2021008206 830 0 Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.) 852 0 |bstacks |hD744.5.G3 |iH37 2021