The Holocaust: Roots, History, and Aftermath. By David M. Crowe. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 2008. Pp. xvi+524. Paper $49.00. ISBN 0-8133-4325-9.

摘要

Can any textbook—by its nature a synthesis of disparate events, materials, andrnperspectives—give students a sense of the depth and emotions of the Holocaust?rnWorks such as Doris Bergen’sWar and Genocide: AConcise History of the Holocaustrn(Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003) and David Engel’srnThe Holocaust: The Third Reich and the Jews (Harlow: Langman, 2000), thoughrnintellectually sophisticated, are short, focused, and painted in broad strokes.rnOne can use them in a course along with primary sources, literary works, andrnmonographs. In his handsome textbook adorned with numerous photographs,rnDavid M. Crowe produces a much more detailed narrative covering perpetra-rntors, victims, rescuers, and some bystanders. It has some strengths, but toornmany weaknesses in its current form.