Choices under fire : moral dimensions of World War II / Michael Bess

Publication | Library Call Number: D744.4 .B45 2006

Format: Book
Author/Creator: Bess, Michael.
Published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-380) and index
Language: English
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Edition: 1st ed

Physical Description: viii, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contents: A wide world of racisms
Causes of the Pacific War : a longer view on Pearl Harbor
Causes of the war in Europe : the paradoxical legacy of Munich
Bystanders : how much is not enough?
Bombing civilian populations : a case of moral slippage
Deep evil and deep good : the concept of human nature confronts the Holocaust
Decisions at Midway, 1942 : moral character as a factor in battle
Tyranny triumphant : the moral awkwardness of the alliance with Stalin
Kamikaze : wartime suicide attacks in anthropological perspective
The decision to drop the atomic bomb : twelve questions
Justice for the unspeakable? : the enduring legacy of the war crimes trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo
Generations under a shadow : the challenge of peace since Hiroshima
The politics of memory : remembering and unremembering wartime
Conclusion : what would be the opposite of Hitler's world?
ISBN: 0307263657
9780307263650
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-380) and index.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Moral and ethical aspects.
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