Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 590 g
The Contested Air War
Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 590 g
Reihe: War, Conflict and Genocide Studies
ISBN: 978-90-8964-781-8
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Today, strategic aerial bombardments of urban areas that harm civilians, at times intentionally, are becoming increasingly common in global conflicts. This book reveals the history of these tactics as employed by nations that initiated aerial bombardments of civilians after World War I and during World War II. As one of the major symbols of German suffering, the Allied bombing left a strong imprint on German society. Bas von Benda-Beckmann explores how German historical accounts reflected debates on postwar identity and looks at whether the history of the air war forms a counternarrative against the idea of German collective guilt. Provocative and unflinching, this study offers a valuable contribution to German historiography.
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Introduction Chapter 1 Putting the Allies on trial Historical accounts of the Allied air war in the early Federal Republic, 1945-1970 Chapter 2 Dresden and the Cold War: East-West Debates on the Bombing of Dresden, 1945-1970 Chapter 3 A Past becomes History The professionalizing of military historiography of the air war in the Federal Republic since the 1970s Chapter 4 "Imperialist Air War" East German historiography and the work of Olaf Groehler, 1965-1995 Chapter 5 Breaking Taboos: Jörg Friedrich and the "Rediscovery" of the Allied Bombings in the United Germany Conclusion: The Allied bombings as a German catastrophe Abbreviations Bibliography
