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The Allied Occupation of Germany: The Refugee Crisis, Denazification and the Path to Reconstruction
Francis Graham-Dixon
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Description for The Allied Occupation of Germany: The Refugee Crisis, Denazification and the Path to Reconstruction
Hardback. In the years following World War II, the allies occupied a shattered Germany. Britain held North-Western Germany for ten years, overseeing the rehabilitation of 'the biggest single forced population movement in modern history', as Germans from around Europe were expelled from the crumbling Third Reich. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 80 b/w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
In the years following World War II, the allies occupied a shattered Germany. Britain held North-Western Germany for ten years, overseeing the rehabilitation of 'the biggest single forced population movement in modern history', as Germans from around Europe were expelled from the crumbling Third Reich. This was a humanitarian crisis - with most hospitals, houses, transport networks and schools destroyed during the war, and the British and Americans running enormous and often inhumane refugee camps. Here, Francis Graham-Dixon assesses how the British squared their ethical focus on liberalism with their status as an occupying power, and examines the ... Read more
In the years following World War II, the allies occupied a shattered Germany. Britain held North-Western Germany for ten years, overseeing the rehabilitation of 'the biggest single forced population movement in modern history', as Germans from around Europe were expelled from the crumbling Third Reich. This was a humanitarian crisis - with most hospitals, houses, transport networks and schools destroyed during the war, and the British and Americans running enormous and often inhumane refugee camps. Here, Francis Graham-Dixon assesses how the British squared their ethical focus on liberalism with their status as an occupying power, and examines the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
International Library of Twentieth Century History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780764658
SKU
V9781780764658
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About Francis Graham-Dixon
Francis Graham-Dixon holds a PhD in History from Sussex University and was Visiting Fellow at Humboldt University.
Reviews for The Allied Occupation of Germany: The Refugee Crisis, Denazification and the Path to Reconstruction
'In our age of mass uprooting and enforced migrancy, when the hardships of refugees and the ethics of humanitarian aid press ever more insistently on the boundaries of engaged democratic consciousness and feasible action, the urgency of looking carefully at earlier episodes becomes evident and compelling. In his searching examination of the British occupation administration of Germany after 1945, Francis ... Read more