"可能是我们民主最完美的象征"：1945-1946年美国占领德国初期的军队、体育和德国青年再教育

IF 0.2 3区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2024-05-16 DOI:10.1017/s0021875824000240

Wendy Toon

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第二次世界大战期间，德国和美国在战场上展开了激烈的争夺，但盟军取得胜利后，美国人的注意力迅速转向了运动场。尽管双方刚刚结仇，但本着友好的精神，美国大兵们很快开始与德国青少年进行娱乐游戏。这一看似自然的发展却与美国人对德国人的期望背道而驰。对德国，尤其是被纳粹灌输思想的青少年进行再教育被认为是和平的关键，而军队通过体育成为早期的再教育者或许不太可能。本文概述了体育运动与生俱来的美国性、这种即兴比赛及其与正规军队青年活动计划的关系。

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“Probably the Most Perfect Symbol of Our Democracy”: The Army, Sports, and the Re-education of German Youth during the Early American Occupation of Germany, 1945–1946

During World War II, Germany and the United States fought it out on the battlefields, but once the Allies were victorious, American attention quickly turned to the playing fields. Despite recent enmity, in the spirit of amity GIs quickly started recreational games with German youngsters. This seemingly natural development was at odds with both American expectations of the Germans and vice versa. Reeducation of Germany, and especially its Nazi-indoctrinated youth, was viewed as essential to peace, and the army, through sports, became perhaps unlikely early reeducators. This article outlines sports’ inherent Americanness, this impromptu playing, and its relationship to the formal army program of youth activities.

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Journal of American Studies HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： Journal of American Studies seeks to critique and interrogate the notion of "America", pursuing this through international perspectives on the history, literature, politics and culture of the United States. The Journal publishes original peer-reviewed research and analysis by established and emerging scholars throughout the world, considering US history, politics, literature, institutions, economics, film, popular culture, geography, sociology and related subjects in domestic, continental, hemispheric, and global contexts. Its expanded book review section offers in-depth analysis of recent American Studies scholarship to promote further discussion and debate.