Sweden after Nazism politics and culture in the wake of the Second World War
"As a nominally neutral power during the Second World War, Sweden in the early postwar era has received comparatively little attention from historians. Nonetheless, as this definitive study shows, the war...and particularly the specter of Nazism...changed Swedish society profoundly. Prior to 19...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York ; Oxford
Berghahn
2016
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| Schlagworte: |
Geschichte 1900-2000
> Geschichte 1945-1955
> Geschichte
> Gesellschaft
> Politik
> Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
> Politics and culture
> History
> War and society
> National socialism
> Nazis
> Social change
> World War, 1939-1945
> Social aspects
> Influence
> Nationalsozialismus
> Vergangenheitsbewältigung
> Deutschland
> Schweden
> Sweden
> Politics and government
> Relations
> Germany
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "As a nominally neutral power during the Second World War, Sweden in the early postwar era has received comparatively little attention from historians. Nonetheless, as this definitive study shows, the war...and particularly the specter of Nazism...changed Swedish society profoundly. Prior to 1939, many Swedes shared an unmistakable affinity for German culture, and even after the outbreak of hostilities there remained prominent apologists for the Third Reich. After the Allied victory, however, Swedish intellectuals reframed Nazism as a discredited, distinctively German phenomenon rooted in militarism and Romanticism. Accordingly, Swedes' self-conception underwent a dramatic reformulation. From this interplay of suppressed traditions and bright dreams for the future, postwar Sweden emerged"...From publisher's website |
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| Beschreibung: | Originally published as Nazismens sensmoral : Svenska erfarenheter i andra världskrigets efterdyning (Stockholm : Atlantis, 2008). - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 346 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781785331428 978-1-78533-142-8 |