American Soldiers and POW Killing in the European Theater of World War II

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dc.contributor.advisorPohl, James
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Justin Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBrennan, Mary
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMauck, Jeffrey
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-24T10:18:08Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:18:08Z
dc.date.issued2009-12en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study contends that American soldiers killed large numbers of Axis POWs during the war in Europe. Although the established rules of war did not completely break down as in the Pacific theater, the killing of POWs was an integral part of the American combat ethos because the desensitizing effects of total warfare produced a mental state conducive to the abandonment of the established rules of war. Any enemy soldier who knowingly, or unknowingly, violated the American perception of proper battlefield behavior often met with a fatal response. Moreover, American soldiers whose mental state had been significantly distorted by the brutality of their combat experience often had little compunction about killing enemy prisoner who did not violate these unwritten rules.en_US
dc.description.departmentHistory
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent125 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationHarris, J. M. (2009). <i>American soldiers and POW killing in the European theater of World War II</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/3836
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectWorld War II
dc.subjectPOW
dc.subjectGeneva convention
dc.subjectPost-traumatic stress disorder
dc.subjectPTSD
dc.subjectAtrocity
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectWar crimes
dc.subjectCombat
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subject.classificationHistoryen_US
dc.subject.classificationMilitary Historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationMilitary Studiesen_US
dc.titleAmerican Soldiers and POW Killing in the European Theater of World War II
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentHistory
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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