Search results for ""Author Christopher Browning""
W. W. Norton & Company Remembering Survival Inside a Nazi SlaveLabor Camp
Book SynopsisWinner of the National Jewish Book Award "An important, revealing story, exceptionally well told." —Jonathan Yardley, Washington PostTrade Review"A master historian of intimate tragedy." -- Moment Magazine"A chilling account." -- The News & Observer"Extraordinary and revealing. Browning powerfully and convincingly vindicates the use of survivor testimony as a precious source for the reconstruction of the past." -- Jewish Review of Books"A wonderfully rich, nuanced book. A major work by a major historian of the Holocaust." -- David Blackbourn, author of The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany"Remembering Survival is a remarkable book about life and death in a little-known Nazi slave-labor camp as seen from the perspective of Jewish survivors. It brilliantly demonstrates how postwar testimonies can become the building blocks for the historical reconstruction of an otherwise hardly documented past. Like Browning’s Ordinary Men, this book will become a must-read." -- Saul Friedlander, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933–1945"Christopher Browning proves himself once again our indispensable guide through the cruelty and sadness of the larger Holocaust within which his account unfolds. But more: he wrestles agonizingly with the painful question of Polish complicity and the scandalous German acquittal of a monstrous perpetrator. His readers as well as those whose suffering he has recorded stand in his debt." -- Charles Maier, author of Among Empires"Christopher Browning has written what should become a standard work of Holocaust history, a counterpoint to his classic, Ordinary Men. Remembering Survival rests on the testimony of victims whose searing memories…deepen our knowledge of a neglected part of the Holocaust." -- Michael R. Marrus, author of The Holocaust in History"A breakthrough in Holocaust historiography—this is vintage Browning." -- Yehuda Bauer, author of The Death of the Shtetl"Browning is a meticulous and disciplined researcher. What emerges is a highly credible and deeply shocking account of a slave-labor camp where the cruelty and brutality is comparable to the more publicized extermination camps like Treblinka and Auschwitz. An excellent addition to the field of Holocaust studies." -- Booklist
£22.50
Cornerstone The Origins of the Final Solution The Evolution
Book SynopsisThe Origins of the Final Solution is the most detailed, careful, and comprehensive analysis to date of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder: the Holocaust. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan but rather a discovered possibility, Christopher Browning explains how Hitler''s decision to murder the Jews en masse emerged in stages and by a process of elimination that gradually foreclosed plans for their expulsion from Europe. Only in the interval between late September and late October 1941 did the desire to remove the Jews intersect with the discovery of acceptable means of killing them on a large scale and with the euphoria of expected victory in Russia, all of which followed on from two years of ''race war'' and ''racial imperialism'' in eastern Europe that prepared ''ordinary Germans'' for this fateful task.Trade ReviewSensitive and nuanced, this is a fine piece of synthesis and analysis * Sunday Times *Superb . . . [Browning] has created an eloquent, painstaking narrative of how the Final Solution evolved -- Joshua Rubenstein * Wall Street Journal *This is a book of exceptional quality - The work of a historian at the peak of his powers, a magisterial study, a profound analysis of how the darkest chapter in human history could come about -- Ian Kershaw, bestselling author of HitlerThis magisterial work... An unrivaled account of how the Nazi leadership ended up with a policy of industrialized mass murder of Jews - Probably no one is better qualified for this task than Christopher Browning. * Mark Mazower, New York Times *Browning is persuasive because he marshals his evidence with unrivalled skill and writes with awesome clarity. * Literary Review *
£11.69
Verlag Peter Lang Constructivism, Narrative and Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisBuilding on constructivist approaches to international relations this book develops a narrative theory of identity, action and foreign policy, which is then applied to account for the evolution of Finnish foreign policy. The book adopts an innovative approach by showing how foreign policy orientations need to be seen as grounded in overlapping and competing sets of identity narratives that reappear in different forms through history. By emphasising the dynamism implicit within identity narratives the book not only challenges traditional rationalist materialist approaches to foreign policy analysis, but also the current tendency to depict the story of Finnish foreign policy, identity and history as one of a gradual move towards a Western location. Rather the book emphasises elements of multiplicity and contingency, whilst re-establishing foreign policy as a highly political process concerned with power and the right to define reality and national subjectivity.Trade Review«Browning’s book is a long awaited contribution to the literature on small states and foreign policy analysis. The Finnish case offers an interesting perspective that should not remain just the property of Finnish, Nordic and Baltic experts but should be read by all interested in small states, foreign policy analysis and European affairs in general. Browning skilfully develops a theory on the relationship between national identity and foreign policy that is adaptable to other cases. Small states can also be smart and this book can certainly be described as a smart contribution to international relations.» (Marko Lehti, Tampere Peace Research Institute) «The book offers more than just a sophisticated, well-researched and country-specific application of a narrative approach to foreign policy. In fact, it offers a model applicable also to a host of other countries and works, more generally, as a critical inroad into foreign policy analysis.» (Pertti Joenniemi, Danish Institute for International Studies)Table of ContentsContents: Making Space for Subjectivity: The Inadequate Treatment of Identity in Traditional Foreign Policy Analysis – Towards a Narrative Theory of Identity, Action and Foreign Policy – From Nation to State: The Construction of Finnish Subjectivity, 1809-1917 – Radicalisation: Competition and Conflict in the Inter-War Period – From Emotionalism to Rationalism: Finland in the Cold War – Inventing New Traditions: Westernisation, Europeanisation and Beyond.
£61.56
Berghahn Books German Railroads, Jewish Souls: The Reichsbahn,
Book Synopsis A rich and accessible introduction to the role of the German railway system in the Holocaust, a topic that remains understudied even today. Renowned Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg considered the German railway system that delivered European Jews to ghettos and death camps in Eastern Europe to be not only an essential component of the “machinery of destruction” but also emblematic of the amoral bureaucracy that helped to implement the Jewish genocide. German Railroads, Jewish Souls centers around Hilberg’s seminal essay of the same name, a landmark study of German railways in the Nazi era long unavailable in English. Supplemented with additional writings from Hilberg, primary source materials, and historical commentary from leading scholars Christopher Browning and Peter Hayes. “This important book unites three prominent scholars tackling crucial questions about German railways and the Holocaust. Two essays from the late, renowned Raul Hilberg investigate their overlooked role in the extermination of the European Jews. They provide groundbreaking investigations into the German railway as the prototype of a bureaucracy and challenge its supposed banality. While Christopher Browning eloquently situates Hilberg’s essays within the historical literature, Peter Hayes makes a detailed critique of the common but false belief that the deportation and annihilation of the Jews were more of a priority for the Nazis than the war effort. This question, arising from Hilberg’s essays, demonstrates the continued significance of his work today.”—Wolf Gruner, author, The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia: Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish Responses Published in Association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.Trade Review “Overall, this slim volume will draw attention to the German railways’ participation in the Holocaust. Hilberg’s essays focus attention on how murder is bureaucratized; the historiographic essays by Browning and Hayes update Hilberg’s work and the selected documents will help readers better visualize the history from the perspective of both Jews and Germans.” • Holocaust and Genocide Studies “This important book unites three prominent scholars tackling crucial questions about German railways and the Holocaust. Two essays from the late, renowned Raul Hilberg investigate their overlooked role in the extermination of the European Jews. They provide groundbreaking investigations into the German railway as the prototype of a bureaucracy and challenge its supposed banality. While Christopher Browning eloquently situates Hilberg’s essays within the historical literature, Peter Hayes makes a detailed critique of the common but false belief that the deportation and annihilation of the Jews were more of a priority for the Nazis than the war effort. This question, arising from Hilberg’s essays, demonstrates the continued significance of his work today.” • Wolf Gruner, author, The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia: Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish ResponsesTable of Contents List of Figures and Tables Preface Christopher R. Browning and Peter Hayes Chapter 1. The Bureaucracy of Annihilation Raul Hilberg Chapter 2. German Railroads/Jewish Souls Raul Hilberg Chapter 3. Document Section Christopher R. Browning and Peter Hayes Chapter 4. Raul Hilberg and Other Historians of the German Railway During the Nazi Era and the Holocaust Christopher R. Browning Chapter 5. Hilberg, the Railroads, and the Holocaust Peter Hayes Photos Index
£88.00
Berghahn Books German Railroads, Jewish Souls: The Reichsbahn,
Book Synopsis A rich and accessible introduction to the role of the German railway system in the Holocaust, a topic that remains understudied even today. Renowned Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg considered the German railway system that delivered European Jews to ghettos and death camps in Eastern Europe to be not only an essential component of the “machinery of destruction” but also emblematic of the amoral bureaucracy that helped to implement the Jewish genocide. German Railroads, Jewish Souls centers around Hilberg’s seminal essay of the same name, a landmark study of German railways in the Nazi era long unavailable in English. Supplemented with additional writings from Hilberg, primary source materials, and historical commentary from leading scholars Christopher Browning and Peter Hayes. “This important book unites three prominent scholars tackling crucial questions about German railways and the Holocaust. Two essays from the late, renowned Raul Hilberg investigate their overlooked role in the extermination of the European Jews. They provide groundbreaking investigations into the German railway as the prototype of a bureaucracy and challenge its supposed banality. While Christopher Browning eloquently situates Hilberg’s essays within the historical literature, Peter Hayes makes a detailed critique of the common but false belief that the deportation and annihilation of the Jews were more of a priority for the Nazis than the war effort. This question, arising from Hilberg’s essays, demonstrates the continued significance of his work today.”—Wolf Gruner, author, The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia: Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish Responses Published in Association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.Trade Review “Overall, this slim volume will draw attention to the German railways’ participation in the Holocaust. Hilberg’s essays focus attention on how murder is bureaucratized; the historiographic essays by Browning and Hayes update Hilberg’s work and the selected documents will help readers better visualize the history from the perspective of both Jews and Germans.” • Holocaust and Genocide Studies “This important book unites three prominent scholars tackling crucial questions about German railways and the Holocaust. Two essays from the late, renowned Raul Hilberg investigate their overlooked role in the extermination of the European Jews. They provide groundbreaking investigations into the German railway as the prototype of a bureaucracy and challenge its supposed banality. While Christopher Browning eloquently situates Hilberg’s essays within the historical literature, Peter Hayes makes a detailed critique of the common but false belief that the deportation and annihilation of the Jews were more of a priority for the Nazis than the war effort. This question, arising from Hilberg’s essays, demonstrates the continued significance of his work today.” • Wolf Gruner, author, The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia: Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish ResponsesTable of Contents List of Figures and Tables Preface Christopher R. Browning and Peter Hayes Chapter 1. The Bureaucracy of Annihilation Raul Hilberg Chapter 2. German Railroads/Jewish Souls Raul Hilberg Chapter 3. Document Section Christopher R. Browning and Peter Hayes Chapter 4. Raul Hilberg and Other Historians of the German Railway During the Nazi Era and the Holocaust Christopher R. Browning Chapter 5. Hilberg, the Railroads, and the Holocaust Peter Hayes Photos Index
£18.95
