{"product_id":"lessons-of-the-holocaust-paperback-softback-9781442630062","title":"Lessons of the Holocaust (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442630062","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLessons of the Holocaust\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael R. Marrus (Author), Margaret MacMillan (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442630062\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 December 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Marrus offers a bold and superb assessment of prescriptions drawn from Holocaust history. This is as much an exploration of the uses and abuses of Holocaust history as an intellectual biography, a commentary on decades of studying and teaching the Holocaust.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Joanna Sliwa (H-Poland\/H-Net Reviews January 2018) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;\u003ci\u003eLessons of the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful work of far-reaching significance for scholars, undergraduates and graduate students, and non-specialists that only gains in relevance with time.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Rebekah Klein-Pejšová (Canadian Journal of History - vol 53:01:2018) \u003cp\u003e\"This book makes for great reading in introductory classes on the Holocaust and especially in those on Holocaust memory.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Thomas Kühne (Seventeenth Century News) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLessons of the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e is a joy to read. Written with clarity and verve, it covers a lot of ground elegantly and efficiently. But be prepared; at some point, it will hit you how profoundly this book has challenged what you thought you knew about the Holocaust.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Doris L. Bergen, University of Toronto (University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough difficult to imagine, sixty years ago the Holocaust had practically no visibility in examinations of the Second World War. Yet today it is understood to be not only one of the defining moments of the twentieth century but also a touchstone in a quest for directions on how to avoid such catastrophes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLessons of the Holocaust\u003c\/em\u003e, the distinguished historian Michael R. Marrus challenges the notion that there are definitive lessons to be deduced from the destruction of European Jewry. Instead, drawing on decades of studying, writing about, and teaching the Holocaust, he shows how its “lessons” are constantly challenged, debated, altered, and reinterpreted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA succinct, stimulating analysis by a world-renowned historian,\u003cem\u003e Lessons of the Holocaust\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect guide for the general reader to the historical and moral controversies which infuse the interpretation of the Holocaust and its significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Public and Personal Lessons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Historical Lessons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Early Lessons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Jewish Lessons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Israeli Lessons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Universal Lessons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Lessons of the Holocaust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735373213976,"sku":"9781442630062","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lessons-of-the-holocaust-paperback-softback-9781442630062","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}