Black Earth : the Holocaust as history and warning /

"It comforts us to believe that the Holocaust was a unique event. But, as Timothy Snyder shows, we have missed basic lessons of the history of the Holocaust, and some of our beliefs are frighteningly close to the ecological panic that Hitler expressed in the 1920s. As ideological and environmental c...

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Main Author:	Snyder, Timothy (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Causes. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Moral and ethical aspects. World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue. Genocide. 1939-1945 War > Causes.
Summary:	"It comforts us to believe that the Holocaust was a unique event. But, as Timothy Snyder shows, we have missed basic lessons of the history of the Holocaust, and some of our beliefs are frighteningly close to the ecological panic that Hitler expressed in the 1920s. As ideological and environmental challenges to the world order mount, our societies might be more vulnerable than we would like to think."--