Holocaust

Informationen zum Autor DEBORAH E. LIPSTADT is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Her many books include Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust, 1933-1945, History on Trial, and The Eichmann Trial. Klappentext In Holocaust: An American Understanding, Deborah E. Lipstadt reveals how since the end of the war a broad array of Americans have tried to make sense of an inexplicable disaster, and how they came to use the Holocaust as a lens to interpret their own history. Drawing upon extensive research on politics, popular culture, student protests, religious debates and Zionist ideologies, Lipstadt weaves a powerful narrative that ranges from the civil rights movement and Vietnam, to the Rwandan genocide and the bombing of Kosovo. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Andrew Bush, Deborah Dash Moore, and MacDonald MooreAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Terms of Debate Finding a Name to Define a Horror Laying the Foundation: The Visionary Role of Philip Friedman Creating a Field of Study: Raul Hilberg Survivors in America: An Uncomfortable Encounter Holocaust in American Popular Culture, 194719622 State of the Question The Eichmann Trial and the Arendt Debate Holocaust: Shedding Light on America's Shortcomings A Post-Holocaust Protest Generation Creates Its Memories The Baby Boom Protesters From the Mideast to Moscow: Holocaust Redux? Survivors: From DPs to Witnesses Severed Alliances The Holocaust and the Small Screen America and the Holocaust: Playing the Blame Game The White House: Whose Holocaust? The Kremlin versus Wiesel: Identifying the Victims 3 In a New Key Skewing the Numbers: Counting the Victims An Obsession with the Holocaust? A Jewish Critique The Bitburg Affair: The Watergate of Symbolism Memory Booms as the World Forgets Assaults on the Holocaust: Normalization, Denial, and Trivialization The Uniqueness Battle Impassioned Attacks Competitive Genocides? The Holocaust versus All Others Scaring the People: On How Not to ProceedNotesIndex ...

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In Holocaust: An American Understanding, Deborah E. Lipstadt reveals how since the end of the war a broad array of Americans have tried to make sense of an inexplicable disaster, and how they came to use the Holocaust as a lens to interpret their own history. Drawing upon extensive research on politics, popular culture, student protests, religious debates and Zionist ideologies, Lipstadt weaves a powerful narrative that ranges from the civil rights movement and Vietnam, to the Rwandan genocide and the bombing of Kosovo.

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Foreword by Andrew Bush, Deborah Dash Moore, and MacDonald MooreAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Terms of Debate Finding a Name to Define a Horror Laying the Foundation: The Visionary Role of Philip Friedman Creating a Field of Study: Raul Hilberg Survivors in America: An Uncomfortable Encounter “Holocaust” in American Popular Culture, 1947–19622 State of the Question The Eichmann Trial and the Arendt Debate “Holocaust”: Shedding Light on America’s Shortcomings A Post-Holocaust Protest Generation Creates Its Memories The Baby Boom Protesters From the Mideast to Moscow: Holocaust Redux? Survivors: From DPs to Witnesses Severed Alliances The Holocaust and the Small Screen America and the Holocaust: Playing the Blame Game The White House: Whose Holocaust? The Kremlin versus Wiesel: Identifying the Victims 3 In a New Key Skewing the Numbers: Counting the Victims An Obsession with the Holocaust? A Jewish Critique The Bitburg Affair: The “Watergate of Symbolism” Memory Booms as the World Forgets Assaults on the Holocaust: Normalization, Denial, and Trivialization The Uniqueness Battle Impassioned Attacks Competitive Genocides? The Holocaust versus All Others Scaring the People: On How Not to ProceedNotesIndex