Actually, the dolchstoß meme is far from unique to neither the nazis nor current-day US. In the US, it appeared after the Vietnam war as well, it was used in France after de Gaulle withdrew from Algeria (at least within segments of the military), and probably has been used in far more cases.
It's a handy way to absolve the military from any blame for a defeat.
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Date: 2007-05-16 08:09 am (UTC)It's a handy way to absolve the military from any blame for a defeat.