The stigma of surrender : German prisoners, British captors, and manhood in the Great War and beyond

The stigma of surrender German prisoners, British captors, and manhood in the Great War and beyond

IntroductionBetween victory and death -- In British hands : Anglo-German encounters -- Separation : the psychological struggles of captivity -- Redemptive manhood : organizing a new theater of war -- Prisoners of peace : the postwar captivity experience -- National Socialism as redemption? : former...

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1. Verfasser: Feltman, Brian K. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill, N.C. The University of North Carolina Press 2015
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World War, 1914-1918 > Prisoners and prisons, German > Prisoners of war > History > Psychological aspects > Prisoners and prisons, British > Ex-prisoners of war > Psychology > Großbritannien > Erster Weltkrieg > Deutscher Kriegsgefangener > Selbstbild > Geschichte 1914-1933
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Zusammenfassung:IntroductionBetween victory and death -- In British hands : Anglo-German encounters -- Separation : the psychological struggles of captivity -- Redemptive manhood : organizing a new theater of war -- Prisoners of peace : the postwar captivity experience -- National Socialism as redemption? : former prisoners in interwar Germany -- Conclusion.
"Approximately 9 million soldiers fell into enemy hands from 1914 to 1918, but historians have only recently begun to recognize the prisoner of war's significance to the history of the Great War. Examining the experiences of the approximately 130,000 German prisoners held in the United Kingdom during World War I, historian Brian K. Feltman brings wartime captivity back into focus."--
"Approximately nine million soldiers fell into enemy hands from 1914-1918, but historians have only recently begun to recognize the prisoner of war's significance to the history of World War I. Focusing on the experiences of the more than 132,000 German military prisoners held in the United Kingdom, military historian Brian Feltman explores the crucial importance of emasculation to military captivity"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index
Beschreibung:xv, 264 Seiten
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25 cm
ISBN:9781469633510
978-1-4696-3351-0
9781469619934
978-1-4696-1993-4
1469619938
1-4696-1993-8