The War And Myth
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The War And Myth
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Author : Oleksandr Zinchenko
language : en
Publisher: Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance
Release Date : 2018-06-27
The War And Myth written by Oleksandr Zinchenko and has been published by Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-27 with History categories.
This book in no way claims an ultimate truth and a standard of knowledge of the World War II and the list of these myths is not exhaustive. It is just historical fast-food, its appearance caused by the acute desire to satisfy the hunger for information about this period in terms of the information war.
The Great War
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Author : Dan Todman
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-03-04
The Great War written by Dan Todman and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-04 with History categories.
The First World War, with its mud and the slaughter of the trenches, is often taken as the ultimate example of the futility of war. Generals, safe in their headquarters behind the lines, sent millions of men to their deaths to gain a few hundred yards of ground. Writers, notably Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, provided unforgettable images of the idiocy and tragedy of the war. Yet this vision of the war is at best a partial one, the war only achieving its status as the worst of wars in the last thirty years. At the time, the war aroused emotions of pride and patriotism. Not everyone involved remembered the war only for its miseries. The generals were often highly professional and indeed won the war in 1918. In this original and challenging book, Dan Todman shows views of the war have changed over the last ninety years and how a distorted image of it emerged and became dominant.
The War Myth
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Author : Donald Arthur Wells
language : en
Publisher: New York : Pegasus
Release Date : 1967
The War Myth written by Donald Arthur Wells and has been published by New York : Pegasus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with War categories.
Myths And Legends Of The Eastern Front
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Author : Boris Sokolov
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2020-01-19
Myths And Legends Of The Eastern Front written by Boris Sokolov and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-19 with History categories.
“This English translation of the original Russian work is thought provoking, challenging the ‘official’ version of what happened” during World War II (Firetrench). The memory of the Second World War on the Eastern Front—still referred to in modern Russia as the Great Patriotic War—is an essential element of Russian identity and history, as alive today as it was in Stalin’s time. It is represented as a defining episode, a positive historical myth that sustains the Russian national idea and unites the majority of Russian citizens. As a result, as Boris Sokolov shows in this powerful and thought-provoking study, the heroic and tragic side of the war is highlighted while the dark side—the incompetent, negligent and even criminal way the war was run—is overlooked. Although almost eighty years have passed since the defeat of Nazi Germany, he demonstrates that many of the fabrications put forward during the war and immediately afterwards persist into the present day. In a sequence of incisive chapters he uncovers the truth about famous wartime episodes that have been consistently misrepresented. His bold reinterpretation should go some way towards dispelling the enduring myths about the Great Patriotic War. It is necessary reading for anyone who is keen to understand how it continues to be distorted in Russia today.
The War Myth In United States History
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Author : Charles Hunter Hamlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
The War Myth In United States History written by Charles Hunter Hamlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Propaganda, American categories.
Japan Indonesia And The War
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Author : Peter Post
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Japan Indonesia And The War written by Peter Post and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
The Great War
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Author : D. E. Marshall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Great War written by D. E. Marshall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
The War Of The Gods Rle Myth
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Author : Jarich Oosten
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-03-05
The War Of The Gods Rle Myth written by Jarich Oosten and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
This structural analysis of myth, first published in 1985, focuses on social and political problems of Indo-European mythology. Dr Jarich Oosten tells how the ancient Indo-European gods competed for supreme power and the exclusive possession of the sacred potion of wisdom and immortality. In examining the social code of the wars of the gods, he reveals that there are remarkably consistent patterns in time and space: paternal relatives, equals at first, prove unable to share power, magic goods, etc; while some gods retain their divine status as an exclusive prerogative, their brothers or paternal cousins are transformed into demons; relatives by marriage, however, who are unequal at first, succeed in sharing power and magic goods, and thus become equal partners in the pantheon. Dr Oosten describes how the ancient mythological cycles were broken down and transformed into heroic sagas and epics, and shows how many traditionally related themes – the severed head, the magic cauldron – were preserved. Gradually the political problems of kingship came to overshadow the social problems of kinship, as in the development of the myths of King Arthur. Dr Oosten argues that the social code remains basically the same, and his analysis of this code gives a fascinating perspective on the development of Indo-European mythology from the oldest written sources to the comparatively recent faitytales.
The Myth Of The Good War
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Author : Jacques R. Pauwels
language : en
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Release Date : 2015-03-06
The Myth Of The Good War written by Jacques R. Pauwels and has been published by James Lorimer & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-06 with Fiction categories.
In the spirit of historians Howard Zinn, Gwynne Dyer, and Noam Chomsky, Jacques Pauwels focuses on the big picture. Like them, he seeks to find the real reasons for the actions of great powers and great leaders. Familiar Second World War figures from Adolf Hitler to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin are portrayed in a new light in this book. The decisions of Hitler and his Nazi government to go to war were not those of madmen. Britain and the US were not allies fighting shoulder to shoulder with no motive except ridding the world of the evils of Nazism. In Pauwels' account, the actions of the United States during the war years were heavily influenced by American corporations -- IBM, GM, Ford, ITT, and Standard Oil of New Jersey (now called Exxon) -- who were having a very profitable war selling oil, armaments, and equipment to both sides, with money gushing everywhere. Rather than analyzing Pearl Harbor as an unprovoked attack, Pauwels notes that US generals boasted of their success in goading Japan into a war the Americans badly wanted. One chilling account describes why President Truman insisted on using nuclear bombs against Japan when there was no military need to do so. Another reveals that Churchill instructed his bombers to flatten Dresden and kill thousands when the war was already won, to demonstrate British-American strength to Stalin. Leaders usually cast in a heroic mould in other books about this war look quite different here. Nations that claimed a higher purpose in going to war are shown to have had far less idealistic motives. The Second World War, as Jacques Pauwels tells it, was a good war only in myth. The reality is far messier -- and far more revealing of the evils that come from conflicts between great powers and great leaders seeking to enrich their countries and dominate the world.
The Just War Myth
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Author : Andrew Fiala
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2008
The Just War Myth written by Andrew Fiala and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Philosophy categories.
As the war in Iraq continues and Americans debate the consequences of the war in Afghanistan, the war on terror, and the possibility of war with North Korea and Iran, war is one of the biggest issues in public debate. Andrew Fiala in The Just War Myth challenges the apparently predominant American sentiment that war can be easily justified. Even most Democrats seem to hold that opinion, despite the horrific costs of war both on the people being attacked or caught up in the chaos and on the Americans involved in carrying out the war. The Just War Myth argues that while the just war theory is a good theory, actual wars do not live up to its standards. The book provides a genealogy of the just war idea and also turns a critical eye on current events, including the idea of preemptive war, the use of torture, and the unreality of the Bush Doctrine. Fiala warns that pacifism, too, can become mythological, advocating skepticism about attempts to justify war.