{"product_id":"the-diary-of-lt-melvin-j-lasky-into-germany-at-the-end-of-world-war-ii-paperback","title":"The Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky: Into Germany at the End of World War II - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlotte A. Lerg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e'The Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky' \u003cem\u003eoffers not only a panoramic view of a country poised between devastation and an uncertain future but a gripping self-portrait of a man poised between unresolved youthful bewilderment and a mature clarity of conviction.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Wall Street Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Diary of Lt. Melvin J. Lasky\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCharlotte A. Lerg\u003c\/strong\u003e is assistant professor of American history at Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, and managing director of the Lasky Center for Transatlantic Studies. She is a board member of the Bavarian American Academy and has held research fellowships at the Library of Congress as well as at the German Historical Institute (Washington DC). Publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Continuity of Change. Reform Movements in U.S.-History\u003c\/em\u003e (Dec. 2021) with Jana Weiß, and \u003cem\u003eUniversitätsdiplomatie\u003c\/em\u003e (2019). Lerg also co-edits the series \u003cem\u003eHistory of Intellectual Culture (HIC): International Yearbook of Knowledge and Society\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 342\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792054825208,"sku":"9781805393429","price":61.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/kq2_79V5kT9781805393429.webp?v=1780461996","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-diary-of-lt-melvin-j-lasky-into-germany-at-the-end-of-world-war-ii-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}