The Myth of the Eastern Front

Some Americans are receptive to a positive interpretation of German military conduct on the Russian front in World War II.

Autorentext
Professor Ronald Smelser has been a Professor of History at the University of Utah since 1974. An expert on twentieth-century German history, Smelser is a former president of the German Studies Association (198991), a former member of the executive committee at the Czechoslovak History Conference (19925), a delegate from the GSA to the ACLS (19959), and current president of the Conference Group for Central European History. He has published extensively in German and English on the subject of twentieth-century German history and received numerous accolades for his scholarly work from the University of Utah, the Holocaust Education Foundation, and the German Studies Association, of which he is a founding member, among others.Professor Edward J. Davies II is the author of The Anthracite Aristocracy and The United States in Global Perspective and has also served on the advisory board for National Geographic's recent book of world history. He has published articles in professional journals such as the Journal of Social History and the Journal of Urban History and reviewed manuscripts for the Journal of Military History and other university presses.

Zusammenfassung
From the 1950s onward, Cold War-era Americans were receptive to a view of war on the Eastern Front in World War II similar to that held by many Germans and military personnel. A broad subculture of German military enthusiasts continues to romanticize the German army to this day.

Inhalt
1. Americans experience the war in Russia, 1941-5; 2. The Cold War and the emergence of a lost cause mythology; 3. The German generals talk, write, and network; 4. Memoirs, novels, and popular histories; 5. Winning hearts and minds: the Germans interpret the war for the United States public; 6. The gurus; 7. Wargames, the internet, and the popular culture of the Romancers; 8. Romancing the war, re-enactors, and 'what-if' history.

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