The Stigma Of Surrender
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The Stigma of Surrender
Approximately 9 million soldiers fell into enemy hands from 1914 to 1918, but historians have only recently begun to recognize the prisoner of war’s significance to the history of the Great War. Examining the experiences of the approximately 130,000 German prisoners held in the United Kingdom during World War I, historian Brian K. Feltman brings wartime captivity back into focus. Many German men of the Great War defined themselves and their manhood through their defense of the homeland. They often looked down on captured soldiers as potential deserters or cowards — and when they themselves fell into enemy hands, they were forced to cope with the stigma of surrender. This book examines the legacies of surrender and shows that the desire to repair their image as honorable men led many former prisoners toward an alliance with Hitler and Nazism after 1933. By drawing attention to the shame of captivity, this book does more than merely deepen our understanding of German soldiers' time in British hands. It illustrates the ways that popular notions of manhood affected soldiers' experience of captivity, and it sheds new light on perceptions of what it means to be a man at war.
The Total Man
Our world is in a moral decline and as a result we have lost the scope of what it really takes for a male to become a man. When we look at the plight of a man today, we see the results of this loss. Fatherless families, infidelity, abusive tendencies, acceptance of lack, and the inability to face upfront issues. These struggles are just a small glimpse into what men face, but each struggle is a battle that men must learn to overcome. They each pose a direct threat to who God intended for men to be. Changing your mind-set about who you are, becomes the first step to improve your overall ability to handle life’s problems. You must find the courage needed to wage the war in gaining back the wholesome, healthy, and prosperous lifestyle that God intended for men to live. This groundbreaking message highlights the elements of a man’s moral consciousness, extracted from Adam’s experiences with God before the fall. Explore how to reclaim the biblical truth of what it means to be a man made in the image of God. Uncover the seven core values that are necessary to build a healthy inner character. Find out how to embark on a quest into understanding Divine Masculinity. From real life experiences, biblical narratives, and thought-provoking research, you learn that building your character from the inside out will establish you as a healthy, whole man…a Total Man. Surrender, Order, Purpose, Boundaries, Responsibilities, Authority and Love all form the core foundation for a man’s moral compass.
The Courage to Surrender
Unlike the memoir of a famous person, my story lives with the millions of baby boomers who passed me a joint and a beer in college and again at the corporate picnic. Before the Woodstock weekend in 1969, I graduated from college and married the mother of our love child, began training for a computer programming career, and a few months later got a high number in the draft lottery. My use of recreational drugs escalated from fun getting high to a craving that trumped my love for drinking beer. I secured a project manager job at the corporate offices of a world-wide company which is where I entered a fast lane that became a free fall to the bottom of my life. My days began by smoking dope to medicate my alcohol ravaged insides, so I could tolerate the gridlock of morning rush hour traffic. Business days included getting high at noon while on the way to seedy strip joints for a lunch of drinking. The true measure of my self-destruction lay hidden on the dark side of my life where substances and out of control people influenced me into doing things I knew were wrong. On Dec 17, 2001 my doctor showed me the results of my physical to explain that if I continued to drink I would die sooner rather than later. His prognosis scared me, so I poured out my alcohol and used an old AA schedule to attend the first of some 1800 meetings. My story is full of experiences from my days at the bottom of life, through the first years in recovery, to a day in sobriety. My book combines short stories of life with vivid descriptions of actual situations that allow the reader to see this life-threatening disease from all angles. There are messages for the friends and family of an addict, so they can see that secrecy and enabling are part of the madness. When you have finished my memoir some of the mystery that surrounds alcoholism and drug addiction will be answered: why people hit deep bottoms, fear based decisions, motive driven behavior, and how the disease twists the mind of the alcoholic / drug addict. Although my past is a mixture of shame and guilt, I'll tell you who I was, what I did, and the lessons I had to learn more than once. Since Dec. 17, 2001 I have not found a problem or instance that I thought drinking and using would improve. I do not preach the virtues of sobriety I merely open my story for the reader to take what they need.