• Hindelang is not Hindu Kush. Military and Tradition

    Author(s):
    Marko Demantowsky (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Subject(s):
    Military history, Public history
    Item Type:
    Article
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/aw4a-ma83
    Abstract:
    Public History scandals have occurred repeatedly in the German Bundeswehr (German armed forces) in recent years. These scandals comprised young men belonging to this modern parliamentary army who actively draw on the traditions and symbols that were once used by the National Socialist Wehrmacht. This has prompted the German Ministry of Defence to consider a new “tradition legislature”. How does it come to such scandals and what is their context? This article problematises this issue by touching on some fundamental questions: Why do people put on a uniform, submit themselves to strict regulations, endure hard training and drill, and in the end are prepared to kill other people or risk the possibility of their own death—if they don’t have to?
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    Pub. DOI:
    dx.doi.org/10.1515/phw-2018-10910
    Publisher:
    Walter de Gruyter GmbH
    Pub. Date:
    2018-1-25
    Journal:
    Public History Weekly
    Volume:
    2018
    Issue:
    2
    ISSN:
    2197-6376
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial
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