German historians and the bombing of German cities : the contested air war /

German historians and the bombing of German cities : the contested air war /

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Author / Creator:Benda-Beckmann, Bastiaan Robert von, author.
Imprint:Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
©2015
Description:291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:NIOD studies on war, holocaust, and genocide
Studies of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Subject:
World War (1939-1945)
Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany.
Historians -- Germany.
Bombing, Aerial.
Destruction and pillage.
Historians.
Germany.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10321689
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ISBN:9789089647818
9089647813
9789048525829
Notes:Preface: 'This book is based on my PhD project, which I started in October 2005 at the University of Amsterdam.'
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index.
Summary:"Today, strategic aerial bombardments of urban areas that harm civilians, at times intentionally, are becoming increasingly common in global conflicts. This book reveals the history of these tactics as employed by nations that initiated aerial bombardments of civilians after World War I and during World War II. As one of the major symbols of German suffering, the Allied bombing left a strong imprint on German society. Bas von Benda-Beckmann explores how German historical accounts reflected debates on postwar identity and looks at whether the history of the air war forms a counternarrative against the idea of German collective guilt. Provocative and unflinching, this study offers a valuable contribution to German historiography."--

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