Mirrors of Destruction: War, Genocide, and Modern Identity
written by Omer Bartov, 1954- (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000, originally published 2000), 313 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- This book examines the relationship between total war, state-organized genocide, and the emergence of modern identity. Omer Bartov demonstrates that, in the twentieth century, there have been intimate links between military conflict, mass murder of civilian populations, and the definition and categorization of groups and individuals. The Holocaust, he argues, can only be understood within the context of the century's predilection to apply systematic and destructive methods to resolve conflicts over identity. His study follows the changing relationships between Jews and non-Jews in France and Germany from the outbreak of World War I to the present. He takes a close look at the glorification of war between 1914-18 and examines the pacifist reaction in interwar France to show how it contributed to a climate of collaboration with dictatorship and mass murder. He also provides detailed analyses of modern apocalyptic visions and pursuits for internal enemies. The book is an important new perspective on some of the most crucial issues of our time.
- Field of Interest
- Global Issues
- Author
- Omer Bartov, 1954-
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2002 by Oxford University Press
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2000
- Page Count
- 313
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place Published / Released
- New York, NY
- Subject
- Global Issues, Social Sciences, Customary International Law, Individual and Groups Rights, Holocaust (1933-1945), Mass killings, Government, Genocide, State-sponsored violence, War, World War II, 1939-1945, World War I, 1914-1918, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Politics & Policy, History, Sociology, Direito Internacional Consuetudin‡rio, Derecho Internacional Consuetudinario, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Alemania, Alemanha, Deutschland, Francia, França, Germany, France, Germans, French, Jews, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Direito Internacional Consuetudin‡rio, Derecho Internacional Consuetudinario, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Alemania, Alemanha, Deutschland, Francia, França