Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in HistoryThis highly acclaimed book presents a radically new view of the origins of the Holocaust. Mayer argues that the slaughter of the Jews was not part of Hitler's plan from the start, but came about only when the Nazis' massive campaign aagainst Russia foundered. Illustrated. |
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The elites of non - Communist Europe were deeply divided over how best to meet
the irrepressible political , social , and cultural challenges intensified by war and
revolution . Sober - minded conservatives favored gradual reform as the best ...
The elites of non - Communist Europe were deeply divided over how best to meet
the irrepressible political , social , and cultural challenges intensified by war and
revolution . Sober - minded conservatives favored gradual reform as the best ...
Page 92
and the critique of cultural heterodoxy a scathing denunciation of abstract and
expressionist art . While the doctrine of social Darwinism was perverted into a
warrant for the conquest of Lebensraum , the axiom of a pastoral Arcadia was
turned ...
and the critique of cultural heterodoxy a scathing denunciation of abstract and
expressionist art . While the doctrine of social Darwinism was perverted into a
warrant for the conquest of Lebensraum , the axiom of a pastoral Arcadia was
turned ...
Page 93
After unification in 1870 , and with mounting speed and intensity , the new
German nation experienced the strains and stresses of uneven economic , social
, and cultural development , in which the pace was set by an uncommonly rapid ...
After unification in 1870 , and with mounting speed and intensity , the new
German nation experienced the strains and stresses of uneven economic , social
, and cultural development , in which the pace was set by an uncommonly rapid ...
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Contents
THE GOLDEN | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in History |
| Authors | Arno J. Mayer, Mayer. Arno J. |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394571541, 9780394571546 |
| Length | 492 pages |
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