Title: Fallen soldiers :
Authors: Mosse, George L.
Date: 1990
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Physical description: vi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language: English
LC classification: U
Abstract: This book is about war and the sanctification of it; offers an analysis of what Mosse calls the Myth of the War Experience--a vision of war that masks its horror, consecrates its memory, and ultimately justifies its purpose.
Contents: Volunteers in War -- Building the Myth: Tangible Symbols of Death -- Youth and the War Experience -- The Cult of the Fallen Soldier -- The Appropriation of Nature -- The Process of Trivialization -- The Brutalization of German Politics -- Building on War -- The Second World War, the Myth, and the Postwar Generation
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Europe--Civilization--20th century.; Europe--History, Military--20th century.; War and civilization.; War memorials--Europe.; War--Psychological aspects.; World War, 1914-1918--Europe--Psychological aspects.; World War, 1914-1918--Psychological aspects--Europe.