Messengers of Disaster: Raphael Lemkin, Jan Karski, and Twentieth-Century Genocides (George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas)

History

Becker, Annette

Europe

University of Wisconsin Press

Leading up to World War II, two Polish men witnessed the targeted extermination of Jews under Adolf Hitler and the German Reich before the reality of the Holocaust was widely known. Raphael Lemkin, a Jewish lawyer who coined the term "genocide," and Jan Karski, a Catholic member of the Polish resistance, independently shared this knowledge with Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Having heard false rumors of wartime atrocities before, the leaders met the messengers with disbelief and inaction, leading to the eventual murder of more than six million people. Messengers of Disaster draws upon little-known texts from an array of archives, including the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva and the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen. Carrying the knowledge of disaster took a toll on Lemkin and Karski, but their work prepared the way for the United Nations to unanimously adopt the first human rights convention in 1948 and influenced the language we use to talk about genocide today. Annette Becker's detailed study of these two important figures illuminates how distortions of fact can lead people to deny knowledge of what is happening in front of their own eyes.

France and the Great War (New Approaches to European History)

AUDOIN-ROUZEAU, Stéphane

Smith, Leonard V.

Audoin-Rouzeau, St Phane

Cambridge University Press

France and the Great War (New Approaches to European History, Series Number 26)

This book tells the story of how the French community embarked upon, sustained and prevailed in the Great War. The scholarly survey on France's role in the war blends diplomatic, military, social, cultural and economic history.

With this brilliantly innovative book, reissued for the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette Becker have shown that the Great War was the matrix on which all subsequent disasters of the twentieth century were formed. Three elements of the conflict, all too often neglected or denied, are identified as those that must be grasped if we are to understand the war: First, what inspired its unprecedented physical brutality, and what were the effects of tolerating such violence? Second, how did citizens of the belligerent states come to be driven by vehement nationalistic and racist impulses? Third, how did the tens of millions bereaved by the war come to terms with the agonizing pain? With its strikingly original interpretative strength and its wealth of compelling documentary evidence drawn from all sides in the conflict, 14-18: Understanding the Great War has quickly established itself as a classic in the history of modern warfare.

14-18: Understanding the Great War

Hill and Wang

In the early weeks of the First World War, France experienced a patriotic revival, embodied in the term 'Union Sacrée', in which an upsurge in religious faith became allied with the national cause. For many French Catholics, the conflict was perceived as a 'holy' war and it was believed that soldiers who were prepared to sacrifice their lives for the nation would go straight to heaven. By 1918, after four years of trench warfare and immense numbers of casualties, the fire of this religious 'awakening' continued to burn in the hearts of many French men and women. This stimulating book explores this relationship between religious faith in France and the French experience of the First World War. Throughout the book, the author focuses upon the concerns of the laity - the fears and hopes, sufferings and consolations of French soldiers and their families. The roots of the religious revival are traced back to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 which was interpreted by the church as a judgement upon the nation, and the formal separation of church and state in 1905. The new ecumenicism which emerged, incorporating both Protestants and Jews, allowed the development of spiritual solidarity behind the national cause. The author also provides a comparison between the awakening of French religious faith with the corresponding revivalism movement in the United States upon their entry into the war in 1917. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in French history, war studies and religious studies.

War and Faith: The Religious Imagination in France, 1914-193 (The Legacy of the Great War)

Religion & Spirituality

Bloomsbury Academic

This is a study of the relationship between religious faith in France and the French experience of World War I. In the early weeks of the war, France underwent a patriotic revival, embodied in the term "Union Sacree", in which an upsurge in religious faith became allied to the national cause. For many French catholics, the conflict was percieved as a "holy" war and it was believed that soliders who were prepared to sacrifice their lives for the nation would go straight to heaven. By 1918, after four years of trench warfare and immense numbers of casualties, the fire of this religious "awakening" continued to burn in the hearts of many French men and women. The authors examine Protestantism and Judaism as well as Catholicism, and throughout the book they focus on the fears, hopes, sufferings and consolations of French soldiers and their families. The roots of the religious revival are traced back to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1, which was interpreted by the Church as a judgment upon the nation, and the formal separation of Church and State in 1905. The new ecumenicism which emerged, incorporating both Protestants and Jews, allowed the development of spiritual solidarity behind the national cause. The author also provides a comparison between the awakening of French religious faith with the corresponding revivalism movement in the United States upon their entry into the war in 1917.

War and Faith: The Religious Imagination in France, 1914-1930 (The Legacy of the Great War Series)

Berg Pub Ltd.

Essential reading on the first world war : a book not about military strategy or the day to day progress of battles, but the special character - and consequences - of the most violent war in history. The combatants thought the Great War was the war to end all wars. It was unlike any other before or since in three neglected but highly significant ways. First, it was unprecendented in its violence and carnage. Why was this, and what were the effects of tolerating it? Second, each side was motivated by a vehement nationalistic, racist animus against the enemy. How did this 'crusade' evolve and what did it mean for Europe and the world? Third, with its millions of deaths the war created a tidal wave of grief. How could mourners ever come to terms with the agonizing pain? The Great War shaped the twentieth century, and especially its disasters. This important new book makes a vital contribution to understanding this traumatic and terrible period in our history. With its wealth of compelling documentary evidence drawn from all sides in the conflict, this innovative work has already established itself as a classic in the history of modern warfare.

1914-1918 Understanding the Great War

Profile Books

14-18, retrouver la Guerre

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