Traumatic Defeat: Pows, Mias, and National Mythmaking

by Patrick Gallagher

Book Overview

War breeds myths, especially those made up by the vanquished to explain or soften their loss. Occasionally the myths of the defeated center on prisoners of war (POWs) and those missing in action (MIAs) to justify the lost struggle, mute national guilt, and sometimes even reject the reality of defeat itself. Traumatic Defeat takes a close, comparative look at two cases of this kind of mythmaking--in West Germany in the wake of World War II...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700626441
• ISBN13: 9780700626441
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"