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Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?
Arno J. Mayer
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Was the extermination of the Jews part of the Nazi plan from the very start? Arno Mayer offers astartling and compelling answer to this question, which is much debated among historians today.In doing so, he provides one of the most thorough and convincing explanations of how the genocidecame about in Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?, which provoked widespread interest and controversywhen first published.
Mayer demonstrates that, while the Nazis' anti-Semitism was always virulent, it did not becomegenocidal until well into the Second World War, when the failure of their massive, all-or-nothingcampaign against Russia triggered the Final Solution. He details ... Read more
Was the extermination of the Jews part of the Nazi plan from the very start? Arno Mayer offers astartling and compelling answer to this question, which is much debated among historians today.In doing so, he provides one of the most thorough and convincing explanations of how the genocidecame about in Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?, which provoked widespread interest and controversywhen first published.
Mayer demonstrates that, while the Nazis' anti-Semitism was always virulent, it did not becomegenocidal until well into the Second World War, when the failure of their massive, all-or-nothingcampaign against Russia triggered the Final Solution. He details ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
524
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844677771
SKU
V9781844677771
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About Arno J. Mayer
Arno Mayer is Professor Emeritus of European History at Princeton University. His books include The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions, The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War, and Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? The 'Final Solution' in History.
Reviews for Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?
As fresh, challenging and thought-provoking in its conceptualization as it is thoroughly researched and brilliantly, stylishly and above all sensitively written ... a masterly study.
The Nation
A fascinating account of one of the most important chapters in human history.
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Brilliant ... absolutely first-rate ... compelling reading.
National Review
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The Nation
A fascinating account of one of the most important chapters in human history.
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Brilliant ... absolutely first-rate ... compelling reading.
National Review
... Read more