Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews, Peter Longerich (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), xiii + 645 pp., cloth 34.95
Peter Longerich has published a remarkable book. The odds were stacked against it, as the book is, at its core, his twelve-year-old Habilitationsschrift; yet, Longerich has turned this possible disadvantage to his advantage. The book combines the best features of a Habilitationschrift—painstaking re...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 303-305 |
| Review of: | Holocaust (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2010) (Paehler, Katrin)
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| Summary: | Peter Longerich has published a remarkable book. The odds were stacked against it, as the book is, at its core, his twelve-year-old Habilitationsschrift; yet, Longerich has turned this possible disadvantage to his advantage. The book combines the best features of a Habilitationschrift—painstaking research and complete mastery of the field—with the benefit that a long publication delay can offer: the opportunity to revise and update. Some 600-odd pages long, the book synthesizes many different strands of historiography, leading to a bold new interpretation based on extensive research. Ultimately, Longerich's integrative approach to hotly contested matters is highly successful. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcr030 |