Bronzed Bodies behind Barbed Wire: Masculinity and the Treatment of German Prisoners of War in the U...
Bronzed Bodies behind Barbed Wire: Masculinity and the Treatment of German Prisoners of War in the United States during World War II
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Lexington: George C. Marshall Foundation and the Virginia Military Institute
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Lexington: George C. Marshall Foundation and the Virginia Military Institute
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During the Second World War, some 371,000 German prisoners of war (POWs) were interned in the United States. Historians studying this group have so far mainly focused on the country's adherence to the Geneva Convention and on its reeducation program for German POWs. This article argues that the prisoners' bodies are also a central category for unde...
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Bronzed Bodies behind Barbed Wire: Masculinity and the Treatment of German Prisoners of War in the United States during World War II
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_195640778
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_195640778
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0899-3718,1543-7795
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1543-7795
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10.1353/jmh.2005.0122
