LEADER 03155nam 2200637 450 001 9910795758303321 005 20231004190435.0 010 $a1-5017-6006-8 010 $a9781501760051 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501760051 035 $a(CKB)5600000000015018 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6463615 035 $a(OCoLC)1240828882 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94394 035 $a(DE-B1597)577358 035 $a(OCoLC)1286808568 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501760051 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002752794 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000015018 100 $a20220412e20222020 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe virtuous Wehrmacht $ecrafting the myth of the German soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944 /$fDavid A. Harrisville$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aIthaca :$cCornell University Press,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 309 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aBattlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history 225 1 $aCornell scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2020. 311 $a1-5017-6004-1 311 $a1-5017-6005-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: toward a moral history of the Wehrmacht in the war of extermination -- Honorable self and villainous other: value systems in the Wehrmacht -- Rationalizing atrocities: self-exoneration in soldiers' letters -- The "crusaders": religious justifications for Barbarossa -- The "liberators": Barbarossa as an emancipatory act -- Death and victimhood: cultivating moral superiority through burial practices -- Conclusion: a myth is born. 330 8 $a'The Virtuous Wehrmacht' explores the myth of the German armed forces' innocence during World War II by reconstructing the moral world of German soldiers on the Eastern Front. How did they avoid feelings of guilt about the many atrocities their side committed? David A. Harrisville compellingly demonstrates that this myth of innocence was created during the course of the war itself - and did not arise as a postwar whitewashing of events. 410 0$aBattlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history. 410 0$aCornell scholarship online. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMoral and ethical aspects$zGermany 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAtrocities$xMoral and ethical aspects$zGermany 606 $aJustification (Ethics) 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zEastern Front 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zSoviet Union 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAtrocities$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aJustification (Ethics) 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/217 700 $aHarrisville$b David A.$01544914 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795758303321 996 $aThe virtuous Wehrmacht$93799494 997 $aUNINA