{"product_id":"the-diary-of-lt-melvin-j-lasky-into-germany-at-the-end-of-world-war-ii-9781800736955","title":"The Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky: Into Germany at","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e'The Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky' \u003cem\u003eoffers not only a panoramic view of a country poised between devastation and an uncertain future but a gripping self-portrait of a man poised between unresolved youthful bewilderment and a mature clarity of conviction.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Wall Street Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIn 1945 Melvin J. Lasky, serving in one of the first American divisions that entered Germany after the country’s surrender, began documenting the everyday life of a defeated nation. Travelling widely across both Germany and post-war Europe, Lasky’s diary provides a captivating eye-witness account colored by ongoing socio-political debates and his personal background studying Trotskyism. \u003cem\u003eThe Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky\u003c\/em\u003e reproduces the diary’s vivid language as Lasky describes the ideological tensions between the East and West, as well as including critical essays on subjects ranging from Lasky’s life as a transatlantic intellectual, the role of war historians, and the diary as a literary genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e'The Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky' \u003cem\u003eoffers not only a panoramic view of a country poised between devastation and an uncertain future but a gripping self-portrait of a man poised between unresolved youthful bewilderment and a mature clarity of conviction.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Wall Street Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“As someone who has edited private travel journals of Americans in Germany, I am very enthusiastic about this volume. I think we can learn much from the private journals of Americans in Germany.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Thomas Adam\u003c\/strong\u003e, The University of Arkansas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Journal of a Conscript\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCharlotte A. Lerg and Maren Roth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Melvin J. Lasky’s Biography and Diary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaren Roth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Not a Beginning but an End: Melvin Lasky, Diarist\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGeorge Blaustein\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Between Denazification and Reconstruction: US Occupation Policies and Practice in Germany 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJana Aresin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Clio continues to serve.\u003c\/em\u003e Melvin J. Lasky as Combat Historian\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCharlotte A. Lerg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e (Military) Masculinity and a Feminized Europe: The Gender Politics of Lasky’s Diary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatharina Gerund\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lasky, Chronicler of Europe’s Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichael Kimmage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eMelvin J. Lasky:\u003c\/strong\u003e Diary of a Conscript\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix A: \u003c\/strong\u003eList of Primary Literature in the Diary\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042750103895,"sku":"9781800736955","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800736955.jpg?v=1750955462","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-diary-of-lt-melvin-j-lasky-into-germany-at-the-end-of-world-war-ii-9781800736955","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}