10-20
A01=Michael Burleigh
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
analysis
appeasement
Author_Michael Burleigh
automatic-update
Category=NHD
Category=NHWL
Category=NHWR7
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
ethics
genocide
historical
international
Japan
Language_English
leadership
military
morality
Mussolini
Nazism
PA=Available
Poland
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
relations
Second
softlaunch
strategy
warfare
Product details
- ISBN 9780007195770
- Weight: 480g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 03 Mar 2011
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
A clear, chronological narrative exploring many of the ethical dilemmas posed for real people during and after the Second World War. Literature on the Second World War is voluminous. In 'Moral Combat', however, Michael Burleigh achieves what few historians can claim to have done; by exploring the moral sentiment of entire societies and their leaders, and how this changed under the impact of total war, he presents readers with an entirely fresh perspective of this conflict.
Opening with the 'predators' - Mussolini, Hitler, Prince Hirohito of Japan - and moving onto appeasement (a popular policy or a 'wrong' policy?), the rape of Poland, Barbarossa, the role of Churchill, and the Holocaust, Burleigh analyses the moral dimension of the Second World War's most important moments. More than merely a history of 'great men', however, Burleigh also examines the moral reasoning of individuals who had to make choices under circumstances difficult to imagine...
Michael Burleigh is Distinguished Research Professor in Modern History at Cardiff University. He is the author of eight well-received books, including ‘Sacred Causes’, ‘Earthly Powers’, ‘Blood and Rage’ and ‘The Third Reich’, for which he was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2001.
