The Thirty Years' War and German Memory in the Nineteenth Century (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar)
The Thirty Years' War and German Memory in the Nineteenth Century (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar)
About this book
This groundbreaking study of modern Germany's morbid fascination with the war explores the ideological uses of history writing, commemoration, and collective remembrance to show how the passionate argument over the "meaning" of the Thirty Years' War shaped the Germans' conception of their nation.
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- OL Work ID
- OL9471508W
Subjects
Thirty years' war, 1618-1648National characteristics, germanGermany, historyHistoryHistoriographyCollective memoryGerman National characteristicsSocial aspects