Traumatic defeat : POWs, MIAs, and national mythmaking
"Traumatic Defeat is a comparative study of wartime and postwar Prisoner of War (POW) and Missing in Action (MIA) activism and politics in Germany after World War II and the US after the Vietnam War. Patrick Gallagher argues that under certain circumstances, a postwar form of national mythology develops, derived from POW/MIA activism and the belief that substantial numbers of MIAs continue to survive in secret captivity after war's end. He refers to this phenomenon as the "secret camp myth," after the covert facilities in which these missing men supposedly survive. Gallagher demonstrates that these two parallel cases of national trauma over prisoners and the missing demonstrate how wars can breed mythologies that, if not satisfied, can take on lives of their own and come to dominate national conversations on the history of warfare, aftermath, and defeat."--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. viii, 200 pages ; 24 cm
- Gallagher, Patrick, 1979-
- NIOD Bibliotheek
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- on1012617303
- Collective memory--Case studies.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Russian.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--History--20th century.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
- Conspiracy theories--Case studies.
- Prisoners of war--United States--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--Germany.
- Loss (Psychology)--Political aspects--Case studies.
- War--Psychological aspects--Case studies.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Missing in action--United States.
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