Hitler's Shadow War: The Holocaust and World War II - Hardcover

McKale, Donald M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815412118 ISBN 13: 9780815412113

Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

In Hitler's Shadow War, World War II scholar Donald McKale contends that Hitler's persecution and murder of the Jews, Slavs, and other groups was his primary effort during the war, not the conquest of Europe. According to McKale, Hitler and the Nazi leadership used the military campaigns of the war as a cover for a genocidal program that centered around the Final Solution. Hitler continued to commit extensive manpower and materials to this 'shadow war' even when Germany was losing the battles of the war's closing years. McKale explores the origins of the anti-Semitism that spread like wildfire through Germany before and during the Nazis' rise to power, and the failure of the Allies to perceive and stop the Holocaust even as they were defeating the Germans in combat.

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Review:

Offers an incisive introductory survey of the Holocaust from the ideological inception of modern anti-Semitism through the rising tide of anti-Jewish persecution in the 1930s and culminating in the Final Solution. I would strongly recommend the book for use in college courses on the Holocaust or the Third Reich, and it is appropriate for advanced high students as well.--Abraham J. Edelheit "Jewish Book World "

McKale presents a chillingly detailed and documented account of the Nazi insanity motivating the murderous attempt to exterminate the Jews in Europe. In view of the massive manpower, construction, transportation, energy, and other resources expended in this task, winning World War II, for the Nazis, was nothing more than a step toward success in the Holocaust.--Martin Blumenson, Author of Heroes Never Die: Warriors and Warfare in World War II and Patton.

For anyone seeking to come to terms with the depravity of the Holocaust, Hitler's Shadow War will be required reading.--Booklist

McKale's book is a stunning achievement that will be read eagerly by students and scholars of the Holocaust. ... If readers at any level, or any library, were to purchase one book on the Holocaust, Hitler's Shadow War would be the recommended choice.--CHOICE

Donald McKale's latest book is a detailed study of Nazi Germany's Jewish persecutions and the Holocaust. Drawn mainly from the abundant secondary literature in English, the work surveys the familiar territory, however in great detail.--History: Reviews Of New Books

About the Author:

Donald M. McKale is Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of Humanities at Clemson University. Previous books of his include War by Revolution: Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I and Hitler: The Survival Myth. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0815412118
• ISBN 13: 9780815412113
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 592