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The Holocaust: History and Memory
Jeremy Black
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Description for The Holocaust: History and Memory
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 490.
Brilliant and wrenching, The Holocaust: History and Memory tells the story of the brutal mass slaughter of Jews during World War II and how that genocide has been remembered and misremembered ever since. Taking issue with generations of scholars who separate the Holocaust from Germany's military ambitions, historian Jeremy M. Black demonstrates persuasively that Germany's war on the Allies was entwined with Hitler's war on Jews. As more and more territory came under Hitler's control, the extermination of Jews became a major war aim, particularly in the east, where many died and whole Jewish communities were exterminated in mass shootings ... Read more
Brilliant and wrenching, The Holocaust: History and Memory tells the story of the brutal mass slaughter of Jews during World War II and how that genocide has been remembered and misremembered ever since. Taking issue with generations of scholars who separate the Holocaust from Germany's military ambitions, historian Jeremy M. Black demonstrates persuasively that Germany's war on the Allies was entwined with Hitler's war on Jews. As more and more territory came under Hitler's control, the extermination of Jews became a major war aim, particularly in the east, where many died and whole Jewish communities were exterminated in mass shootings ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
489g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253022141
SKU
V9780253022141
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About Jeremy Black
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is author of many books, including Geopolitics and the Quest for Dominance (IUP, 2015); Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures (IUP, 2015); Clio's Battles: Historiography in Practice (IUP, 2015); The Power of Knowledge: How Information and Technology Made the Modern World; War and Technology (IUP, 2013); and Fighting ... Read more
Reviews for The Holocaust: History and Memory
Historiographer Black generally attempts to avoid emotion, 'an abstraction that means smashing living babies' skulls against walls,' in writing about ultimately incomprehensible genocide. . . A compact and cogent academic account of the Holocaust.
Kirkus Reviews
A demanding but important work.
Choice Reviews
Black has produced a balanced and precise work that is true to the ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews
A demanding but important work.
Choice Reviews
Black has produced a balanced and precise work that is true to the ... Read more