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03270aam a2200613 i 4500 001 DFEFF04CBCB511EDBE0894C944ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230307010117 008 220625t20232023nyua b 001 0aeng 010 $a 2022027937 020 $a 1800736959 020 $a 9781800736955 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ $a e-gx--- $a e------ 050 00 $a D769.26 7th $b .L37 2023 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20220712 100 1 $a Lasky, Melvin J., $e author. 245 14 $a The diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky : $b into Germany at the end of World War II / $c edited by Charlotte A. Lerg. 246 3 $a Diary of Lieutenant Melvin J. Lasky. 264 1 $a New York : $b Berghahn, $c 2023. 300 $a ix, 331 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Transatlantic perspectives ; $v 7. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In 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. The Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Lasky, Melvin J. $v Diaries. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army, 7th $b Army, 7th $x History $v Sources. 650 0 $a Military historians $z United States $v Diaries. 651 0 $a Germany $x Social conditions $y 1945-1955 $v Sources. 610 10 $a United States. $b Historical Division $b Historical Division $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Western Front $v Sources. 651 0 $a Europe $x Description and travel. 600 17 $a Lasky, Melvin J. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00228829. 610 17 $a United States. $b Army, 7th. $b Army, 7th. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00555439. 610 17 $a United States. $b Historical Division. $b Historical Division. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00553686. 650 7 $a Military historians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01021221. 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811. 651 7 $a Germany. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210272. 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155. 648 7 $a 1939-1955 $2 fast. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896. 655 7 $a Diaries. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423794. 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628. 655 7 $a Personal narratives $v American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01424071. 655 7 $a Sources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423900. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Diaries. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft. 700 1 $a Lerg, Charlotte A., $e editor. 830 0 $a Transatlantic perspectives ; $v 7. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230307010631.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DFEFF04CBCB511EDBE0894C944ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search