Soldiers as Citizens: Former Wehrmacht Officers in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945-1955

by Jay Lockenour

Book Overview

For centuries prior to 1945, the German officer corps constituted a social and political elite in Central Europe. And as this book shows, the debacle of the Second World War, the scorn of the German populace, and the control of the Allies did not entirely diminish the officers' critical role. By tracing the changing role of the officer corps from its position in the National Socialist dictatorship to its current status in a Western-style democracy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803229402
• ISBN13: 9780803229402
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"