Mirrors of Destruction: War, Genocide, and Modern Identity

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
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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

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