The Culture of Defeat; On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery
by Schivelbusch, Wolfgang
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0805044213
- ISBN 13
- 9780805044218
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Books [0-8050-4421-3] 2203, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 403pp. Very good plus in near fine dust jacket. Notes, index. A remainder mark on the bottom edge. "History may be written by the victors, Wolfgang Schivelbusch argues in his brilliant and provocative new book, but the loser often have the final word. Focusing on three seminal cases of defeat - the South after the Civil War, France in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War, and Germany following World War I - Schivelbusch reveals the complex psychological and cultural responses of vanquished nations to the experience of military defeat". Book about Civil War America, Defeat, Franco-Prussian War, Military Defeat, Mourning, Trauma & World War 1. (Military, Military History, Psychology, Social Conditions).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154779
- Title
- The Culture of Defeat; On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery
- Author
- Schivelbusch, Wolfgang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0805044213
- ISBN 13
- 9780805044218
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Military, Military History, Psychology, Social Conditions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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