Explaining Auschwitz and Hiroshima

Historians and the Second World War, 1945-1990

By: Richard J. B. Bosworth

Write A Review

Hardcover | 14 January 1993 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover
280 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.91

Hardcover

RRP $305.00

$253.75

17%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $63.44 with

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

Explaining Auschwitz and Hiroshima explores the way in which the main combatant societies of the Second World War have historicised that experience. Since 1945, debates in Germany about `the past that would not fade away'' have been reasonably well-known. But in this book, Richard Bosworth maintains that Germany is not unique. He argues that in Britain, France, Italy, the USSR and Japan, as well as in Germany the traumatic history of the `long Second World War'' has remained crucial to the culture and the politics of post-war societies. Each has felt a compelling need to interpret this past event and thus to `explain'' `Auschwitz'' and `Hiroshima''. Bosworth explores the bitter controversies that have developed around a particular interpretation of the war, such as disputes over A.J.P. Taylor''s, Origins of the Second World War , Marcel Ophul''s film, The Sorrow and the Pity , Renzo De Felice''s biography of Mussolini in the 1970s or in post- Glasnost debates about the historiographies of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Richard Bosworth''s book is a wide-ranging and thoughtful excursion into comparative history.

Industry Reviews

..."with a lively and clear style Bosworth provides a convincing analysis of the material covered and shows that history indeed is an argument without end." - "German Studies Review

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction History History Theory & Methods Historiography Specific Events & Topics in History Geonocide & Ethnic Cleansing The Holocaust General & World History Military History Second World War Regional & National History European History

Earliest Times to Present Day 20th Century History from 1900 to 2000 Post War 20th Century History after 1945 Modern History from 1700 to 1900

Series editor's preface
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The Second World War and the historians	p. 8
The origins of the Third World War and the making of English social history	p. 31
Germany and the Third, Second and First World Wars	p. 53
The Historikerstreit and the relativisation of Auschwitz	p. 73
The sorrow and the pity of the fall of France and the rise of French historiography	p. 94
The eclipse of anti-Fascism in Italy	p. 118
Glasnost reaches Soviet historiography	p. 142
Hiroshima, mon amour: under eastern eyes	p. 167
Conclusion	p. 191
Notes	p. 199
Index	p. 251
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

Explaining Auschwitz and Hiroshima

Historians and the Second World War, 1945-1990

At a Glance

Hardcover

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in General & World History

Uprising

War in the colony of New South Wales, 1838-1844

Gold

The true story of the discovery of gold in Australia and the shameless pretender who took the credit, from the popular author of RUM, perfect for fans of Grantlee Kieza and David Hunt

All or Nothing

How Trump Recaptured America

The CIA Book Club

The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War

Gull Force

Australian POWs on Ambon and Hainan, 1941-45

Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife

The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire

Why Our Species is on the Edge of Extinction

Into the Valley of Death

The Charge of the Light Brigade and the Crimean War

Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow

Trails to Freedom

The True Story of the Medieval Trails Used by Anzac POWs to Escape Italy in 1943-1944

Humankind

A Hopeful History

Portrait of an Oyster

A Natural History of an Epicurean Delight

On Tyranny

Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Say Nothing

True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

The War on the West

How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason

The Fatal Shore

Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II

The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II

Less is More

How Degrowth Will Save the World

Band of Brothers

Proto

How One Ancient Language Went Global

The Once and Future World Order

Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West

The Communist Manifesto

Little Black Classics

Repeat

A Warning from History

Guns, Germs And Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

This product is categorised by