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Remaking the Conquering Heroes: The Postwar American Occupation of Germany
John Willoughby
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Description for Remaking the Conquering Heroes: The Postwar American Occupation of Germany
Hardcover. This text shows that in the aftermath of World War II American policymakers and Army officers had to confront and take control over a lawless US military. Authority was undermined by many different things, such as: theft, racial antagonism between black and white GIs, and unregulated sex. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 365.
Remaking the Conquering Heroes shows that American policymakers and Army officers had to confront and take control over a lawless US military in the aftermath of World War II. Money laundering, theft, racial antagonism between black and white GIs, unregulated sex, and high rates of venereal disease threatened to undermine American authority in occupied Germany as much as Soviet-American conflict. Willoughby argues that it was the creative, if disorganized, reaction of American officials in Germany that helped create both a foreign policy framework and more inclusive, familial military establishment capable of consolidating and extending US power during the Cold War. ... Read more
Remaking the Conquering Heroes shows that American policymakers and Army officers had to confront and take control over a lawless US military in the aftermath of World War II. Money laundering, theft, racial antagonism between black and white GIs, unregulated sex, and high rates of venereal disease threatened to undermine American authority in occupied Germany as much as Soviet-American conflict. Willoughby argues that it was the creative, if disorganized, reaction of American officials in Germany that helped create both a foreign policy framework and more inclusive, familial military establishment capable of consolidating and extending US power during the Cold War. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
187
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312234003
SKU
V9780312234003
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About John Willoughby
JOHN WILLOUGHBY is Associate Professor of Economics at American University in Washington, D.C. Between 1998 and 2000, he served as the Senior Economics Professor at the new American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
Reviews for Remaking the Conquering Heroes: The Postwar American Occupation of Germany
'...a uniquely interdisciplinary social history of the U.S. occupation army...' - Journal of Military History