The Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky : : Into Germany at the End of World War II / / ed. by Charlotte A. Lerg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Aresin, Jana,; Blaustein, George,; Gerund, Katharina,; Kimmage, Michael,; Lerg, Charlotte A.,; Roth, Maren,
• HerausgeberIn: Lerg, Charlotte A.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]; ©2022
• Yayın Tarihi: 2022
• Dil: English
• Seri Bilgileri: Transatlantic Perspectives ; 7
• Fiziksel Özellikler: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Abbreviations --; Introduction. Journal of a Conscript --; Chapter 1 Melvin J. Lasky’s Biography and Diary --; Chapter 2 Not a Beginning but an End Melvin J. Lasky, Diarist --; Chapter 3 Between Denazification and Reconstruction: US Occupation Policies and Practice in Germany 1945 --; Chapter 4 “Clio Continues to Serve” Melvin J. Lasky as Combat Historian --; Chapter 5 (Military) Masculinity and a Feminized Europe: The Gender Politics of the Lasky Diary --; Chapter 6 Melvin J. Lasky, Chronicler of Europe’s Twentieth Century --; Melvin J. Lasky Diary --; Appendix A: List of Primary Literature in the Diary --; Appendix B: List of Names in the Diary --; Appendix C: Names and Ranks of Lasky’s Fellow Soldiers --; Index
• Özet: 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.
• Materyal Türü: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800736962; 9783110997668
• DOI: 10.1515/9781800736962
• Erişim: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Charlotte A. Lerg.

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 co...