The Holocaust: A Concise History (Critical Issues in World and International History)

Bergen, Doris L.

ISBN 10: 0742557146 / ISBN 13: 9780742557147

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (edition 2nd Revised ed.), 2009

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With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Holocaust: A Concise History (Critical Issues in World and International History)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (edition 2nd Revised ed.)
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742557146
• ISBN 13: 9780742557147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Revised ed.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this history traces not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: Gypsies, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the disabled, and other groups deemed undesirable. With clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drove the Nazi German program of conquest and genocide―purification of the so-called Aryan race and expansion of its living space―and discusses how these goals affected the course of World War II. Including illustrations and firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, the book is immediate, human, and eminently readable.

About the Author

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