War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (730 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N19MXO0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 472 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. In clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drove the Nazi German program of conquest and genocide - purification of the so-called Aryan race and expansion of its living space - and discusses how these goals affected the course of World War II. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, third edition discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: Roma, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the disabled, and other groups deemed undesirable. Including firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, her book is immediate and human.
Useful book for readers new to the current Holocaust scholarship Professor Doris L. Bergen’s War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust provides readers with a book that address the relationship between the Holocaust and the Second World War. She argues that the war was central to events of the Holocaust. This is a departure from scholarship that has viewed the Holocaust and WWII as distinctly different historical events that c. Amazon Customer said When in conversation about a subject as emotionally charged as. When in conversation about a subject as emotionally charged as the Holocaust, many individuals find themselves in a precarious balance between appeals of pathos and the empiricism of statistics in trying to convey their ideas.Though the depth per subject may not be ideal, the chronological, textbook-like approach and grasp on the importance of personal accounts roots War & Genoci. Effective Survey with Broad Applications Polyglot Bergen builds an understanding of the Holocaust that is situated in World War II in War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust. Issues in properly understanding the Holocaust include the misconception that Jews were the sole victims of Nazi terror and that the Holocaust was specific to Germany and Hitler. Bergen effectively uses individual accounts from Holocaust victim