Dogface Soldiers. The Infantry Riflemen of the Army of the United States, and the war against Hitlers Wehrmacht in the Mediterranean and Northwestern Europe.

• Main Author: Büchl, Marco (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Böhlau 2016
• Subjects: History; World War II; Army of the United States; Infantry Riflemen; European Theater of Operations; Mediterranean Theater of Operations; Bill Mauldin; Cartoons; Willie & Joe; Zweiter Weltkrieg; US Army; Infanterie; Frontsoldaten; Nordwesteuropa; Mittelmeerraum; Dogface (military)
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Summary

Dogface Soldiers is an interdisciplinary and image centered cultural history of the Army of the United States' infantry riflemen in the Mediterranean- and European Theaters of Operations of World War II. Its methods transcend the boundaries of conventional historiography and make use of Clifford Geertz's anthropological method of thick description as well as military used comprehensive analysis methods.
Dogface Soldiers ist eine interdisziplinäre und bildbasierte Kulturgeschichte US-amerikanischer Infanterieschützen des europäischen Zweiten Weltkriegs. Methodisch werden konventionelle Grenzen der Histriogarpahie überschritten und Anleihen bei Clifford Geertz und seiner anthropologischen "Thick Description", sowie bei comprehensive analysis-Modellen militärisch-operativer Provenienz genommen.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (324 p.)

ISBN

oapen_617073

Access

Open Access