Fascism and Genocide in Inter-War Europe (Routledge Studies in Modern History)
Publisher: Routledge | ISBN: 041533960X | edition 2008 | PDF | 414 pages | 1,26 mb
Drawing on the latest research into the ideological dynamics of fascism, Aristotle A. Kallis’ fascinating new book is a major contribution to the understanding of the Holocaust, and the mass murder and genocide committed by Fascist regimes in the twentieth century.
Locating the Holocaust within an historical context , Kallis views the Nazi regime’s crimes against humanity as a specific product of the inter-war European climate of culture and politics. Refuting Daniel Goldhagen’s theory that the Holocaust came about because of a unique form of 'eliminationist' 'anti-semitism' in the German identity, Kallis asks crucial questions about the complex and problematic relationship between fascism, anti-semitism, race and inter-war eliminationism. For those studying the Holocaust, fascism or German history, Fascism and Genocide in Inter-War Europe will open eyes and minds to the theories of reasoning behind probably the most horrific event of the twentieth century.