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The spoils of war
- Source :
- Economy and Society. August, 2005, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p495, 13 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Antony Beevor's Berlin: The Downfall 1945 has been an international best-selling history of the fall of Berlin to Soviet troops in 1945. Now published in paperback, Beevor's magisterial narrative of Berlin's downfall has become a leading work of contemporary popular history. The public discussion of this book has been dominated by two themes: first, the 'normalization' of the suffering of German civilians and, second, the 'disclosure' of mass rapes by the liberating Soviet army in Germany: This review traces how key debates concerning the remembrance of the Second World War form these dominant readings of Berlin. In particular, it examines the formation of the re-remembering of the wartime rapes of Berlin women, and considers the implications of Beevor's account of the downfall of Berlin for how we understand sexual violence in armed conflict. Keywords: Beevor; Berlin; Soviet Army; rape in armed conflict; history; memory.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03085147
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Economy and Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.133837159