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The Politics of Retribution in Europe
Istvan (Ed) Deak
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Description for The Politics of Retribution in Europe
Paperback. Conventional depictions of occupation and collaboration in World War II, of wartime resistance and post-war renewal, provided a backdrop against which the chronicle of post-war Europe has been told. This book sheds light on the amnesia that overtook European governments and peoples regarding their responsibility for war crimes against humanity. Editor(s): Deak, Istvan; Gross, Jan T.; Judt, Tony. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
The presentation of Europe's immediate historical past has quite dramatically changed. Conventional depictions of occupation and collaboration in World War II, of wartime resistance and post-war renewal, provided the familiar backdrop against which the chronicle of post-war Europe has mostly been told. Within these often ritualistic presentations, it was possible to conceal the fact that not only were the majority of people in Hitler's Europe not resistance fighters but millions actively co-operated with and many millions more rather easily accommodated to Nazi rule. Moreover, after the war, those who judged former collaborators were sometimes themselves former collaborators. Many people became ... Read more
The presentation of Europe's immediate historical past has quite dramatically changed. Conventional depictions of occupation and collaboration in World War II, of wartime resistance and post-war renewal, provided the familiar backdrop against which the chronicle of post-war Europe has mostly been told. Within these often ritualistic presentations, it was possible to conceal the fact that not only were the majority of people in Hitler's Europe not resistance fighters but millions actively co-operated with and many millions more rather easily accommodated to Nazi rule. Moreover, after the war, those who judged former collaborators were sometimes themselves former collaborators. Many people became ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691009544
SKU
V9780691009544
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About Istvan (Ed) Deak
István Deák is Seth Low Professor of History at Columbia University and the author of, among other books, Beyond Nationalism: A Social and Political History of the Habsburg Officer Corps, l848-1918. Jan T. Gross is Professor of Politics and European Studies at New York University. He is the author of, among other books, Revolution from Abroad: Soviet Conquest of Poland's ... Read more
Reviews for The Politics of Retribution in Europe
"This book makes a splendid contribution toward the rewriting of postwar European History... It is quite indispensable for college students and serious adult readers of recent European history... "
Trevor Burridge, History "The first question that leaps to mind is why the story of a massacre so monstrous, and of such historic significance, should surface only now, half a century after ... Read more
Trevor Burridge, History "The first question that leaps to mind is why the story of a massacre so monstrous, and of such historic significance, should surface only now, half a century after ... Read more