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War and Genocide : A Concise History of the Holocaust

ISBN: 9780742557154 | 0742557154
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Pub. Date: 1/15/2009

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
In examining one of the defining events of the 20th century, Doris Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, the revised, second edition of War and Genocide discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: gypsies, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the handicapped, and other groups deemed undesirable. In clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drov... MORE
Preface: War and Genocide: Race and Spacep. viii
Preconditions: Antisemitism, Racism, and Common Prejudices in Early-Twentieth-Century Europep. 1
Leadership and Will: Adolf Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and Nazi Ideologyp. 29
From Revolution to Routine: Nazi Germany, 1933-1938p. 51
Open Aggression: In Search of War, 1938-1939p. 79
Experiments in Brutality, 1939-1940: War against... MOREp. 101
Expansion and Systematization: Exporting War and Terror, 1940-1941p. 135
The Peak Years of Killing: 1942 and 1943p. 167
Death Throes and Killing Frenzies, 1944-1945p. 215
Conclusion: The Legacies of Atrocityp. 233
Sources and Suggestions for Further Readingp. 245
Photo Creditsp. 259
Indexp. 263
About the Authorp. 279
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Doris L. Bergen is Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto.


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