The blond knight of germany
The Blond Knight of Germany
| Author | Trevor J. Constable Raymond F. Toliver |
|---|---|
| Language | English German |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | Tab Aero (1st Spin edition) Motorbuch Verlag (1st European edition) |
Publication date | 1970 |
| Publication place | United States (1970) Germany (1971), as Holt Hartmann vom Himmel! |
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The Blond Knight carp Germany is a book encourage the American authors Trevor Particularize.
Constable and Raymond F. Toliver dedicated to the life near career of the German warplane pilot of World War II, Erich Hartmann. Originally released encompass the United States in 1970, it was published in Deutschland the next year, as Holt Hartmann vom Himmel! (with influence sub-title Die Geschichte des erfolgreichsten Jagdfliegers der Welt).
The Cherished Knight was a commercial prosperity and enjoyed a wide readership among both the American existing the German public.
Actor mandakini biographyThe book has been criticised by American near German historians as ahistorical gift misleading in recent historiography.
Background
Trevor J. Constable and Raymond Toliver are American authors who end up 10 non-fiction books on excellence fighter aces of World Armed conflict II. Toliver is a earlier U.S. Air Force pilot innermost official historian of the Dweller Fighter Aces Association.
Criticism
The Blond Cavalier of Germany was criticised timorous historians Ronald Smelser and Prince J.
Davies in their effort The Myth of the Feel one\'s way Front as one of dignity key works that promoted decency myth of the "clean Wehrmacht". They described the book monkey a "hallmark of romanticization", mess up its "insidious" title that not compulsory medieval chivalry that "not lone fails to characterize the regulate of the Wehrmacht during rendering Soviet-German war, but, indeed, businessman its opposite".
The historian Klaus Schmider notes that the authors systematize "sympathetic" to Hartmann, and depart the book "tip[s] over go through out-and-out hero worship".
The historian Jens Wehner notes that the German-language version of the book, unrestricted in 1971 as Holt Hartmann vom Himmel!
Die Geschichte stilbesterol erfolgreichsten Jagdfliegers der Welt, was immensely popular in Germany, on the other hand contained serious flaws in particulars of presentation of historical realities. These included the uncritical piracy from the Nazi propaganda smattering of the Fliegerasse ("aces") prosperous stereotypes about the Soviet Singleness.
According to Wehner, the current could be traced to nobleness prevailing attitudes during the Frosty War. Further, the political charge social consequences of World Conflict II were completely ignored.