War and Genocide - A Concise History of the Holocaust

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. Including firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, her book is immediate, human, and eminently readable.

List of contents

Introduction: Holocaust, War, and Genocide: Themes and Problems
Chapter 1 Dry Timber: Preconditions
Chapter 2 Leadership and Will: Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and Nazi Ideology
Chapter 3 From Revolution to Routine: Nazi Germany, 1933-1938
Chapter 4 Open Aggression: In Search of War, 1938-1939
Chapter 5 Brutal Innovations: War against Poland and the So-Called Euthanasia Program, 1939-1940
Chapter 6 Expansion and Systematization: Exporting War and Terror, 1940-1941
Chapter 7 War and Genocide: Decisions and Dynamics in the Peak Years of Killing, 1942-1943
Chapter 8 Flashover: The Killing Centers, 1942-1944
Chapter 9 Death Throes and Killing Frenzies, 1944-1945
Conclusion: Legacies of Atrocity
Acknowledgments
Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Index
About the Author

About the author

Doris L. Bergen is Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto.

Summary

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. Including firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, her book is immediate, human, and eminently readable.

Product details

• Authors: Doris L Bergen, Doris L. Bergen, Bergen Doris L.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2016
• EAN: 9781442242289
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4228-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Critical Issues in World and International History; Critical Issues in World and I
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, Germany studies