<p>To probe into counterrevolution is to venture onto treacherous ground. The word-concept "counterrevolution" carries a considerable political and emotional load. The establishment dislikes it because of its censorious connotations, and left-wing dissenters embrace it for its critical thrust. Because it is so politically charged, historians and social scientists tend to shy away from it, insisting on its incompatibility with their value-free labors.</p>

Dynamics of Counterrevolution in Europe, 1870-1956: An Analytic Framework

Arno J. Mayer

Harper&Row

<p>Contrary to the accepted theory that the new class of capitalists initiated World War I, this analysis demonstrates that the Old Regime still controlled Europe and was dismantled finally by World War II</p>

The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War

History

Americas

Pantheon

Was the extermination of the Jews part of the Nazi plan from the very start? Arno Mayer offers astartling and compelling answer to this question, which is much debated among historians today.In doing so, he provides one of the most thorough and convincing explanations of how the genocidecame about in Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?, which provoked widespread interest and controversywhen first published.Mayer demonstrates that, while the Nazis’ anti-Semitism was always virulent, it did not becomegenocidal until well into the Second World War, when the failure of their massive, all-or-nothingcampaign against Russia triggered the Final Solution. He details the steps leading up to thisenormity, showing how the institutional and ideological frameworks that made it possible evolved,and how both related to the debacle in the Eastern theater. In this way, the Judeocide is placedwithin the larger context of European history, showing how similar ‘holy causes’ in the past havetriggered analogous – if far less cataclysmic – infamies.

Why Did the Heavens Not Open?: The "Final Solution" in History

Europe

Verso Books

Adelsmacht und Bürgertum. Die Krise der europäischen Gesellschaft 1848 - 1914.

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