German Colonial Wars and the Context of Military Violence

Informationen zum Autor Susanne Kuss is Privatdozentin at the University of Bern. Klappentext Some historians have traced a line from Germany¿s atrocities in its colonial wars to those committed by the Nazis during WWII. Susanne Kuss dismantles these claims, rejecting the notion that a distinctive military ethos or policy of genocide guided Germany¿s conduct of operations in Africa and China, despite acts of unquestionable brutality. Zusammenfassung Some historians have traced a line from Germany’s atrocities in its colonial wars to those committed by the Nazis during WWII. Susanne Kuss dismantles these claims, rejecting the notion that a distinctive military ethos or policy of genocide guided Germany’s conduct of operations in Africa and China, despite acts of unquestionable brutality.

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Kuß
• Assisted by: Andrew Smith (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780674970632
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97063-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Colonialism & imperialism, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General