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Summary: great resource on some of the worst acts of the 20th century
Review: Fired of Hatred tells of the history of genocide, ethnic cleasining and forced deportation of ethnic groups in the 20th century. It deals with Nazi Holocaust, the most famous case of 20th century genocide and provides information that people might not know like how the Third Reich considered plans to move Jews to modern-day Israel and other locations like Madagascar. It also deals with genocide in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s which is still fresh in people's minds and helps to show the idea of 'never again' mentioned at the end of the second world war never fully materialized. One of the strong points of fires of hatred is that it sheds light on lesser known examples of genocide in the 20th century like that of the Greeks and Armenians in the Ottaman Empire and the treatment of Germans in Poland and Czechoslovakia after the end of the second world war. It also deals with how the U.S.S.R brutally treated Chechnya an important section to better understand the current conflict in that region. My only problem with the book is that it doesn't cover enough. It does a good job of covering what it has but neglects important things like the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 which was a large scale.
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Summary: A Tour de Force
Review: Naimark's work is tour de force bound to brew controversy among policymakers and historians alike. This is a vital contribution to the burgeoning literature on nationalism...the consequences. Bravo.
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Summary: A Tour de Force
Review: Naimark's work is tour de force bound to brew controversy among policymakers and historians alike. This is a vital contribution to the burgeoning literature on nationalism...the consequences. Bravo.
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