The diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky: into Germany at the end of World War II

"In 1945 Melvin J. Lasky, serving in one of the first American divisions that entered Germany after the country's surrender, began documenting the everyday life of a defeated nation. Travelling widely across both Germany and post-war Europe, Lasky's diary provides a captivating eye-wi...

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1. Verfasser: Lasky, Melvin J. 1920-2004 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Lerg, Charlotte A. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Berghahn 2023
Schriftenreihe:Transatlantic perspectives 7
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Zusammenfassung:"In 1945 Melvin J. Lasky, serving in one of the first American divisions that entered Germany after the country's surrender, began documenting the everyday life of a defeated nation. Travelling widely across both Germany and post-war Europe, Lasky's diary provides a captivating eye-witness account colored by ongoing socio-political debates and his personal background studying Trotskyism. The Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky reproduces the diary's vivid language as Lasky describes the ideological tensions between the East and West, as well as including critical essays on subjects ranging from Lasky's life as a transatlantic intellectual, the role of war historians, and the diary as a literary genre"--
Beschreibung:ix, 331 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781800736955

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