Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Prologue. The Anthropologist Who Came In from the Cold xiii
5. Abbreviations and Terms xvii
6. Part One. Becoming Militarized
7. My Brother, My Enemy 1
8. Chapter 1. The Military Imaginary 3
9. Chapter 2. Emotions, Generations, and Death Cults 37
10. Chapter 3. Coming of Age in the NVA 71
11. Part Two. Being Militarized
12. Chapter 4. The Writing on the Wall 99
13. Chapter 5. A War of Signs, Images, and Memories 104
14. Chapter 6. “Unification Has Ruined My Life” 134
15. Chapter 7. As Germans Among Germans 162
16. Chapter 8. “We’re the Jews of the New Germany” 193
17. Chapter 9. Death and Allegiance 215
18. Notes 229
19. Works Cited 247
20. Index 261