Remaking the conquering heroes : the social and geopolitical impact of the post-war American occupation of Germany / John Willoughby
"Remaking the Conquering Heroes shows that American policymakers and Army officers had to confront a lawless U.S. military in the aftermath of World War II. Money laundering, theft, racial antagonism between black and white Gls, unregulated sex, high rates of venereal disease, as well as Soviet...
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| Hauptverfasser: | Willoughby, John (VerfasserIn) |
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: | New York, NY [u.a.] : Palgrave, 2001 © 2001 |
| Ausgabe: | First edition |
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| Internet: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents |
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| The historical significance of the rise of American martial tourism in Germany |
| The collapse of the World War II army |
| "Primarily interested in the German fraulein" |
| The corrosive racial divide |
| From colony to junior partner |
| Between boot camp and summer camp |
| The beginnings of gender and racial inclusion in the Cold War military family |
| Remaking the conquering heroes : extending American power. |
