"A brilliant analysis of the manner in which postwar Germany forged for itself a new identity on the basis of vivid yet selective memories of the past. Robert Moeller convincingly demonstrates that public preoccupation with the expulsion of Germans from the east and the fate of prisoners of war in the Soviet Union created a sense of German victimhood that facilitated overcoming past crimes by asserting an equivalence of suffering. This is the best analysis by far of the 'negative' elements in the reconstruction of German ...
Read More
"A brilliant analysis of the manner in which postwar Germany forged for itself a new identity on the basis of vivid yet selective memories of the past. Robert Moeller convincingly demonstrates that public preoccupation with the expulsion of Germans from the east and the fate of prisoners of war in the Soviet Union created a sense of German victimhood that facilitated overcoming past crimes by asserting an equivalence of suffering. This is the best analysis by far of the 'negative' elements in the reconstruction of German national identity. The book is an indispensable contribution to our understanding of German politics and culture from the fall of Nazism to the present day."--Omer Bartov, author of "Mirrors of Destruction" "Required reading for anyone interested in how selective memory shapes national identity, Robert Moeller's "War Stories "provides a whole new reading of Germany's confrontation with its Nazi past from the fifties through the nineties. . . . This is history as it should be written in the twenty-first century."--Temma Kaplan, author of "Taking Back the Streets"
Read Less
Add this copy of War Stories: the Search for a Usable Past in the to cart. $19.98, good condition, Sold by Good Buy 2 You LLC rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fredericksburg, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by University of California Press.
Add this copy of War Stories: the Search for a Usable Past in the to cart. $21.00, very good condition, Sold by Burke's Book Store rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Memphis, TN, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by University of California Press.
Add this copy of War Stories: the Search for a Usable Past in the to cart. $22.84, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by University of California Press.
Add this copy of War Stories: the Search for a Usable Past in the to cart. $55.64, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by University of California Press.
Add this copy of War Stories: the Search for a Usable Past in the to cart. $90.99, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by University of California Press.
