Moral combat : good and evil in World War II / Michael Burleigh.

Author/creator Burleigh, Michael, 1955-
Format Book
Edition1st U.S. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Harper, ©2011.
Descriptionxxi. 650 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Moral and ethical aspects.

Portion of title Good and evil in World War II
Contents The predators -- Appeasement -- Brotherly enemies -- The rape of Poland -- Trampling the remains -- Not losing: Churchill's Britain -- Under the swastika: Nazi occupied Europe -- Barbarossa -- Global war -- The resistance -- Moral calculus -- Beneath the mask of command -- Antagonistic allies -- 'We were savages': combat soldiers -- Massacring the innocents -- Journeys through night -- Observing an avalanche -- Tenuous altruism -- 'The King's thunderbolts are righteous': RAF Bomber Command -- Is that Britain?--No, it's Brittany -- The predators at bay.
Review British historian Burleigh (Blood Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism) delivers a long, riveting account of the awful atrocities of WWII and the perverted reasoning behind them. Burleigh explains that Communist, Nazi, Fascist, and Japanese systems claimed to be regimes of public virtue carrying out inexorable historical processes. Proclaiming that the only evil was obstructing this march to utopia, they discarded the rule of law and alternative moral authority (religion, ethics).
General noteOriginally published under title: Moral combat. London : HarperPress, 2010.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011011598
ISBN9780060580971
ISBN0060580976
ISBN9780007195770
ISBN000719577X

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Joyner General Stacks D743 .B78 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold