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1 online resource (313 pages) |
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| Summary |
Stalin fabricated the myth that the Germans carried out the Katyń massacre and the West accepted it while always suspecting the reality. In the same way, each country tried to forget the more painful memories of its past and construct its own mythology. The Germans were never taken to task at Nuremberg for bombing because the Anglo-Americans virtually carried out a war of annihilation. The French Gaullist myth was that it was decadent politicians who caused the defeat, and that fighting France freed itself. In a similar vein, the Italian resistance was fostered as a myth and used postwar to co. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Historiography.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Historiography. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda.
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Propaganda. |
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History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
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History -- Errors, inventions, etc. |
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Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
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Military history, Modern. |
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20th century |
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Disinformation -- History -- 20th century.
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Disinformation. |
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History. |
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Italy -- History -- 1922-1945.
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Italy. |
| Chronological Term |
1922-1945 |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Battistelli, Pier Paolo.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sangster, Andrew. Myths, Amnesia and Reality in Military Conflicts, 1935-1945. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2016 |
| ISBN |
9781443869249 (electronic book) |
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1443869244 (electronic book) |
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1443899313 |
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9781443899314 |
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