Based on research in the archives of Belgium, Britain, France, Germany and Italy, this book explores alleged German atrocities in Autumn 1914 and explains how the politics of propaganda and memory have shaped radically different versions of that truth.
Provides information to help in a better understanding of the specific and the general in wartime. This book examines how people cope and adjust to situations of war, depending upon whether these are low-intensity or high-intensity ones, and on whether they are brief phases of c…
In armed conflict, systematic sexual violence is used all too frequently as a strategic weapon to terrorize an opponent's communities. Wartime sexual violence has transitioned rapidly from a neglected human rights issue to an unambiguous security concern on the agendas of powerf…
A biography of Auschwitz camp doctor Joseph Mengele, who sent thousands to the gas chambers and tortured hundreds more with experiments. Mengele went missing until his remains were discovered in 1985.
This book examines Japanese war crimes during World War II and offers a fresh perspective and a better understanding of the reasons for the use of extreme mass violence. The 1937 Rape of Nanjing symbolizes Japanese violence during the Second World War, but it was not the only ev…
"A challenging examination of Japanese war crimes during World War II offers a fresh perspective on the Pacific War--and a better understanding of reasons for the wartime use of extreme mass violence. The 1937 Rape of Nanjing has become a symbol of Japanese violence during the S…
