How Holocausts Happen: The United States in Central America

Comparing the general public's reaction to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany with American public opinion of US participation in the genocidal policies of Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary forces, this title demonstrates that moral indifference to the suffering of others was the common response.

About the author

Douglas V. Porpora is Associate Professor of Sociology at Drexel University.

Summary

Comparing the general public's reaction to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany with American public opinion of US participation in the genocidal policies of Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary forces, this title demonstrates that moral indifference to the suffering of others was the common response.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Porpora, Douglas V. Porpora
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1992
• EAN: 9780877229230
• ISBN: 978-0-87722-923-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 208 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education