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The Final Solution
A Genocide
Donald Bloxham
432 pages
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11 black and white halftones, 2 maps
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216x138mm
978-0-19-955034-0
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Paperback
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10 September 2009
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- The first study to look at the Holocaust in the context of other modern genocides, including Nazi policy against other groups
- Provides a broader perspective on a whole continent in crisis from the late nineteenth century onwards
- Places the Holocaust in a much wider history of European genocide and ethnic cleansing
The Holocaust is frequently depicted in isolation by its historians. Some of them believe that to place it in any kind of comparative context risks diminishing its uniqueness and even detracts from the enormity of the Nazi crime. In reality, such a restricted understanding of 'uniqueness' has pulled the Holocaust apart from history and set up barriers to a better understanding of the racial onslaught unleashed within the Third Reich and its conquered territories.
Working against the grain of much earlier writing, this innovative new history combines a detailed re-appraisal of the development of the genocide
of the Jews, a full consideration of Nazi policies against other population groups, and a comparative analysis of other modern genocides.
The Holocaust is portrayed as the culmination of a much wider history of European genocide and ethnic cleansing, from the late nineteenth century onwards. Ultimately, Bloxham shows that an explanation for the Holocaust rooted exclusively in Nazism and antisemitism is inadequate when set against one that is both prepared to give due weight to the immediate circumstances of the Second World War in eastern Europe and to situate the Jewish genocide within the broader patterns of human behaviour in the late-modern world.Readership: All those interested in the
history of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and the Second World War.
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Donald Bloxham, Professor of Modern History, University of Edinburgh
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"An ambitious book that forces a dramtic shift in our perceptions of the Holocaust...a dense, thoughtful book that challenges the reader on virtually every page." - Stephen G. Fritz, Central European History "This is a challenging book with far-reaching implications for our understanding of the Holocaust and its place in the history of the twentieth century." - Larry Eugene Jones, English Historical Review "Genuinely illuminating" - Mark Mazower, Times Literary Supplement "A challenging book with far-reaching implications for our understanding of the Holocaust and its place in the history of the twentieth century." - Larry Eugene Jones, English Historical
Review "...sophisticated..." - David Cesarani, History Today "[A] provocative and essential study of the Nazi genocide." - Jewish Book World "Bloxham does a great job [of] relating the mass murder of people with disabilities, Soviet POWs, Roma, Polish elites, and Serbs to that of Jews... Eloquently written and well argued, The Final Solution: A Genocide offers fresh perspective on the Nazi genocide whose extreme nature had unduly stalled the historical analysis. A masterful attempt at contextualization, Bloxham's book should be on a list of required reading for any university course on genocide/mass violence." - Anton Weiss-Wendt, Golokost i Suchstnist
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Preface
Glossary and Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: A EUROPEAN HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
1: Europe on the Brink
2: The First World War Era
3: Ethnopolitics, Geopolitics, and the Return to War
Part II: NAZISM AND THE FINAL SOLUTION
4: Nazism and Germany
5: Genocide in Germany's Eastern Empire
6: The Patterns and Limits of the European Genocide
Part III: PERPETRATORS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
7: Why did they kill?
Part IV: CIVILIZATION AND THE HOLOCAUST
8: Locating Genocide in the Human Past
Bibliography of Sources Cited
Index
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