LEADER 02417cam a2200385 a 4500001 124980 005 20240621181859.0 008 061212s2006 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2006045253 020 0307263657 020 9780307263650 035 (OCoLC)ocm65978710 035 124980 042 pcc 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dBAKER |dC#P |dYDX |dBUR |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dLHM |dVP@ |dPUL 050 00 D744.4 |b.B45 2006 100 1 Bess, Michael. 245 10 Choices under fire : |bmoral dimensions of World War II / |cMichael Bess. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bA.A. Knopf, |c2006. 300 viii, 395 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-380) and index. 505 0 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? 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xMoral and ethical aspects. 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006045253-b.html 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2006045253-d.html 856 42 |3Sample text |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2006045253-s.html 856 42 |3Table of contents only |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006045253-t.html 994 C0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hD744.4 |i.B45 2006